GENERAL NEWS.
It is stated that the importation of Oregon pine into the Dominion is being looked upon by West Coast sawmillers with a certain amount of equanimity, consequent upon tlio possibilities 'connected' with tho export oi red pine to Australia. Although from time to time, shipments of red pint) have been made to Melbourne, architects in that city 'have been rather chary of adopting it, which is due, to some extent, to the fact that, though •ha timber was sufficiently seasoned for Now Zealand requirements, it was not so for the Molbourno elimato. l?e----eentlv a timber merchant in that, city hud 100,000 ft of, red pine seasoned, to meet local requirements,, and it had been used for different classes of work, the results being highly satisfactory. A representative of tho West (toast sawmillors has recently returned with largo orders of ml pine lor •ho Melbourne market, and there js every probability that the trade will extend to Sydney and. Adelaide.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2320, 13 October 1908, Page 4
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161GENERAL NEWS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2320, 13 October 1908, Page 4
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