TIMBER COMMISSION.
3y Telegraph.—Tress Association. Wellington, Tuesday. At the Timber Commission to-day, Jlr. Maxwell, under examination, said the dcpres-iio i in fin- trade wan not entirely due to importations of Oregon pine. lie denied that heart, of riinn was so difficult to obtain, and said it would not pay the Covcrniucul to grow hard wood for sleepers. lie believed in a free-planting policy. Mr. Clere, architect, deposed (hat Oregon had been of great service to the Dominion, hut it had its limitations and the quality of so-called 0.11. riinu lcit much to be desired. He could not speak too highly of heart of rimu, which wis not attacked by the borer.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 101, 26 May 1909, Page 2
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111TIMBER COMMISSION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 101, 26 May 1909, Page 2
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