TIMBER AND THE TARIFF
_\Y> Tif-ui. ItEtIF.F. In reference to the new tariff resolutions, so far as they relate to the timber industry, a. leading local merchant with extensive dealings both as a miller and importer, said lie could not discover any promise of relief to local industries. The new duties, he told an Auckland “Star” representative, would simply .increase the cost of building houses, ff Parliament were to legalise the use of o.h. timber for house building it would benefit the industry more (.ban any tariff adjustment would. At one time 200 million feet of kauri, which had a large proportion of heart, was millet] annually; to-day the quantity was less than 10 million. Building regulations insisted upon heart timber being used, and importation beenmo necessary in consequence. In regard to long lengths and higsized timber for construction jobs the duty had been increased, but here again the local mills would not benefit. These lines had to ho imported, and the increased cost- would be passed on to the user.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 September 1927, Page 4
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171TIMBER AND THE TARIFF Hokitika Guardian, 20 September 1927, Page 4
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