BIG TIMBER MERGER
% CO.MPLETEB IN 'NORTH. AUCKLAND, .May If). An imporiaiit step has been taken in the sawmilling industry in the Kim Country Waikato and Rotorua dis I riels by Hie merger of over of) iimlv" mills. Negotiations to co-ordinate th< various interests of sawmillcrs hav liceu in progress for soiik* months, and l|ie v were finalised at a meeting he'd in Hamilton, at which over 80 pei cent of the sawmilling companies sr the Alain Trunk and Rotorua districts were represented. An organ isn't ion, called the Sawmillers’ Timber Trailing Co. ( Ltd., has been registered in Hamilton, and it '•.•ill market all the timber produced by its members after Alay 31. 'll the larger eomnanies have joined the new organisation.
Advantage will he taken of the change in marketing methods to introduce the new standard grading and classification rules.
It is ■antieanaled that the steps taken will result in the placing of fins important industry on a sounder basis. enabling it to give more efficient service to the community hv using the most economical means of distribution.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 May 1929, Page 6
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178BIG TIMBER MERGER Hokitika Guardian, 21 May 1929, Page 6
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