Late on Thursday night a six-roomed house and office in Rotorua owned and occupied by Thomas Martin, carrier, was burnt. Nothing was saved. The occupants were absent. The insurance was £450 on the building and £4OO on the furniture. The cause is unascertainable.—Press Association. The Christchurch correspondent of the Southland Times tele.graphs that a considerable expansion of the sawmilling industry seems likely in the near future. Already there are projects in hand for the opening of eight, or nine new mills on the West Coast, mostly in South Wesland. A company is in process of formation in Christchurch, which has rights over COOO acres around and near Okarito and 4000 acres at Inner Wanganui. It proposes to erect three sawmills. The timber will be shipped from the Okarito lagoon in light draught vessels.
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Southland Times, Issue 18854, 21 June 1920, Page 4
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133Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 Southland Times, Issue 18854, 21 June 1920, Page 4
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