THE TIMBER INDUSTRY.
The slackness in the timber trade continues, and millers in various parts of the Dominion are feeling the pinch severely. Owing to the reduced demand for timber at the prevailing prices, it has been 'decided to close the
sawmills in the Mastcrton district for the lime being. The owners of the mills in the district belonging to the Wairarspa Sawimllers' Association have noli lied employees that work will
he flopped in a few days. A consider:;b! milliners of joiners and carpenters ;-r, in: ■( new out oi'work, and depression in the building trade is being felt by i ,;;ii. nuen acutely. A telegram from j;iv<-;v::r;vi!j on Friday, conveyed the intelligence ihat, in accordance with a resuhii ion passed last month, the saw- ;■ 11 i 1 -; in Southland were closing down .-i; Saturday. About 85 mills, employin;-; upwards of TOO men, will be affected. The mills are being closed this
\i-arabnul. a fortnight earlier than u-nisl. in consequence of slackness of iii trade. The date-of rc-opening has not been definitely fixed.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 113, 7 December 1908, Page 2
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172THE TIMBER INDUSTRY. King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 113, 7 December 1908, Page 2
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