KAURI TIMBER.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 8964, 6 November 1907, Page 2

KAURI TIMBER.

1 Per Press Association. ' Auckland, NovjSmbpr 6. Auckland timber merchants, inter.viewed on the subject generally, agreed with the statement mafic by Mr D. Goldie that there is an un ■ preccdented shortage in the supply of kauri timber. The reason, however, is not because of the extent of our export trade, but is to ha found in the excessive demand which exists locally and tlio decrease ot the general output,fi-Tlie scarcity is such iu fact that the average i miller has the greatest difficulty in 1 coping with local requirements. ‘‘There is no getting away from the , fact,” said Mr Goldie, “that kauri iis fast working out. Wejfhavo to 1 co nwav back into almost inaccessible I places *to secure it and it is likely that another fifteen years will i witness its disappearance. . It is too b late to think of preserving it. There j is' absolutely «0 possibility of repro- ! duciug kauri' forests.” A .member j of another leading firm' of' kafiii timber merchants assured the press representative that the situation was I really serious. Iu past years it was I always the custom of the Com--1 lutssiquev to throw an area on the market” whenever tlio mills intimated that they needed more timber. Now j millers wore in a very awkward I position and the departments preservation scheme will have a seyionj I effect on those millers who vvere Pfij conragod to erect plants in different I parts of the country, for in numerous cases they pave been compelled to close down.'