TIMBER COMMISSION.
m SATURDAY'S I'IIOCKEUIXIiS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland. Saturday. Before the Timber Commission to-day (leorge A. Pearce, chairman of the South Auckland Sawinillers' Association, said millers complained 'that tit Lands Department treated them rather as sharpers' than as business me:i. The royalties were quite unreasonable, and he. complained of harassing delays in giving access to huhh lands. Timber on good land ought to be cut and the land settled. The railway charges on timber were exorbitant, and the Department's attitude towards the industry was hostile. The import duty on logs should he greatly increas'cd, ' All waste '"'ids should be planted with fast-growing trees.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 88, 10 May 1909, Page 2
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104TIMBER COMMISSION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 88, 10 May 1909, Page 2
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