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STATEMENT BY SOUTHLAND MILLERS. Proas Asportation. INVEROARGILL, May 18. The Southland sawmillers object to Sir Francis Bell's statement that the price of timber has advanced beyond all reason. They declare that the advance since the war has been 40 per cent., but the productive charges also greatly increased. Few mills had made any profits during the war, and half of "them suffered considerable losses. If the Minister prohibits export and regulates' prices tho industry will be faced with ruin and half the mills in Southland will have to close down. Thiey declare that the millers have made plans for years ahead, and if the new regulations are suddenly imposed without oareful investigation as to their effects the millers will be involved in heavy losses. They urge that if the industry is to be treated from the national viewpoint it should bo entirely nationalised and not bound by new regulations which will drive tho weaker to the wall. Thoy ask a Commission of Inquiry to take evidence in all parts of tho Dominion.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10279, 14 May 1919, Page 5
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175PRICE OF TIMBER New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10279, 14 May 1919, Page 5
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