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"WEIiINGTON, January 16. The Wellington Timber Merchants' Association "has advanced •the price of timber all' round owing to the charges made br . the country merchants being increased- B is stated also that the cntfcinjr-*>ut of the buflh and the necessity for going further back has necessitated an increase in -the price. Kauri hag been advanoed 2s per 100 ft, red pin© Ib, and heart of mata-i, Is. NO INCREASE PROBABLE. AUCKLAND, January 20. With reference to the telegram from Wellington that the price of timber was about to be increased there, the president of to Auckland. Sawmillers' Aseociation (Mr White) states that there is at present no Intention among the millers, so far as he js aware, to increase the price of timber in Auckland. "I do not really think there is any likelihood of it," he adds. Firat-olass kauri at present is listed at 20s per 100 ft, but buildei* are giyen a 10 per cent, discount* '
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Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 36
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163ADVANCE IK PRICE Oi' TIMBER. Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 36
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