AMPLE WORK AHEAD

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20275, 18 August 1937, Page 8

AMPLE WORK AHEAD

SAWMILLING INDUSTRY.

OVERTAKING HOUSE SHORTAGE. USING DOMINION MATERIALS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. Wednesday. ’ At the opening of the annual conference of the New Zealand SawmilI lers’ Federation, the Hon. F. Langi stone. Commissioner of State Forests, J quoted an array of figures to show the terrible effects of the slump period on the industry and in the provision of homes for the people, the loss to building trades and the loss to youth for want of openings to these trades. The Minister said that when the housing survey was completed It would show a shortage of tens of thousands of houses and the sawmilling and allied trades, he suggested, oould look forward with confidence to a busy future. It was the proclaimed policy of the Government to use in State dwellings as much New Zealand material as possible and to spread the materials used over as wide a field as possible. For instance. New Zealand-made tiles were being used instead of imported corrugated iron. Speaking of the curtailment of the export of white pine, he said much as he regretted this we must preserve and protect New Zealand interests and he felt sure that for the most part the Federation would co-operate with the Government in providing the necessary white pine to meet the requirements of the dairy industry, which plays such an important part ui the export trade.