American Timber.

Progress, Volume XVI, Issue 5, 1 January 1921, Page 110

American Timber.

More Coming to New Zealand in the Future. American timber will be in , great demand in New Zealand during the present year, according to a despatch received by the American Department of Commerce from Mr. A. A. Winslow, Consul-General for New Zealand, says the San Francisco Commercial News. There is a great shortage of all kinds of building material in New Zealand, especially timber, says the despatch. It seems clear that large quantities must be procured from the West Coast of the Unitea States and Canada if building construction is to be carried out as contemplated within the next few years. There is a great shortage of homes for the working people as well as office and other business structures, warehouses and schools. The accessible forests of the Dominion are exhausted, and little other than the rougher materials for construction work are available. A large corporation has been organised with headquarters in Auckland and has sent a representative to the West Coast of the United States and Canada to arrange for a supply of timber from there. . 4