THE TIMBER COMMISSION
THE REPORT SIGNED. [Pick ihiKss Assouiation.j WELLINGTON, June 23. The report of the Timber v > . mix-lbn. was signed and forwarded to the Government to-day. /The “Post understands iL,u a unanimous finning has been come to aiter •a series of compromises. It understood that the Commission .viU find that importation has not menaced the local industry, and that it recommended that long lengths gon be admitted i roe, and that the duty on shorter lengths (which coniwith local timbers) be increased 100 ft. It is understood the Commit .ibn wifi also find that prices of timber locally are not unduly high, that railway freights on timber should be reduced, that more up-to-date machinery, for hauling logs should be installed by millers, and that reafforestation should bay more vigorously pushed on by the Go-' vernment.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2536, 24 June 1909, Page 5
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136THE TIMBER COMMISSION Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2536, 24 June 1909, Page 5
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