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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2424, 12 February 1909, Page 4

In the con ." 3 of ;i. letter to the celltor of the Wanganui Mr J. Malcolm, county engineer, fetate-s, with respect to Oregon tini her : — ; ‘.l have known the timber for thirty-five years, anil have come to the .conclusion that it is the most useless of its species sent to this country. I saw tinroof trusses of one of the best stone churches ever built in the Dominion made of it, and in less than twenty years it had to be taken out, and, 1 believe, replaced with kauri; and none of it was exposed to the weather. I could tell you of one or two instances where it was used for bridge stringers, and had to ho replaced in a very few years —I think 1. would bo safe to say less than six.”

TE PEIA HOT SPRINGS. ABOUT four miles from Waipiro . Bay; reached by coach from Gisborne. • Hot Mineral Waters. Government Accommodation House. Lake \i|7AlKAßEmoana. AKE W AIKAREMOANA. Area 21 square miles. Altitude/2015 feet. Beautiful scenery. Splendid Waterfalls. Luxuriant Forest and Ferns. Good Trout Fishing. Launch, and Rowing Boats available. Government Accommodation House. For particulars of tariff and other information apply to the Tourist Bureau, Atheneum Buildings, Napier, or the Government Tourist Department, Wellington. T. E. DONNE, General Manager. Department of Tourist and Health Resortß.