“Oregon.”

Progress, Volume XVI, Issue 5, 1 January 1921, Page 113

“Oregon.”

The following paragraph from the “Dominion” of 13th December will be of interest to sawmillers, but in considering the figures mentioned therein it may be borne in mind that the total output of all timbers in' New Zealand for the year ended March, 1920, was close upon 300,000,000 sup. feet. There certainly appears to be more Pacific Coast lumber reaching New Zealand at present than has been the case for some time past, and some very low figures have been mentioned as to cost, even as low as 275. per 100 New Zealand ports, but it is difficult to obtain definite information in this matter: “American timber will be in great demand in New Zealand during the coming year, according to a dispatch 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 dispatch. It seems clear that large quantities must be procured from the West Coast of the United 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 material 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. It is claimed that New Zealand within the next two or three years could consume 40,000,000 or 50,000,000 feet of timber from America.”