SCARCITY OF TIMBER.
"I really don't know, what ~ we ai*e, going to dp; timber is getting so; scarce," remarked a well-known Gisborne/ builder to a Poverty Bay Herald reporter,' when discussing the timber: question. He stated that there was not much difficulty in getting kauri } it was rimu that was hard to procure. That sort of frmber was at present'in ;great demand all over the Dominion;;; Tlie ; local demand Avas steadily;|ucreasihg; , aijdv>; various sources; had had to/ hej; '$ u'pohi by importers.";.': Large fquantities had; come; jfrom J Greymouth,v : Hawke's Bay, Taihape, Oliakune, and Kai;para,<. and: noW" supplies were ( being dra\vn starioß of the diffibulties are., Experiencing, stated: that; he ; had{ placed'an order at- itiiree difFerent| sources, so that his job might not be hung up waiting for the timber. DeK spite this precaution" there--had been
a slight delay. "So you' seej" lie added, "it will be a good thing when our local timber industry gets going properly."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10140, 10 December 1910, Page 4
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157SCARCITY OF TIMBER. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10140, 10 December 1910, Page 4
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