' There is .a well-authenticated rumor (writes a “Dominion” correspondent) that another phase of timber importation will shortly be presented to the public of New Zealand. A Palmerson North merchant stated that he had been informed by a sawmiller that a wealthy Australian syndicate had purchased several square miles of Manchurian forest land, with the idea of exploiting Australia and the Dominion with timber. Consignments, indeed, had already arrived in Victoria. The timber was said to bo sweet and fresh, and admirably fitted for butter-box and cheese-case manufacture. Finally it could be sold cheaper than Oregon pine. "What with labor conditions,' railway freights, and Asiatic competition, New Zealand sawmulers (said the merchant) appear to bo in for a very hard time. .
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2421, 9 February 1909, Page 5
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120Untitled Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2421, 9 February 1909, Page 5
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