SWAMP KAURI.
STATED TO BE WORTHLESS. Received December 6, 12.25 p.m. SYDNEY, Dec. 6. In a paper read before the Royal Society, Mr M. B. Welch, 8.A., pointed out that, owing to the shortage of Now Zealand kauri, a considerable amount of timber was being milled from buried logs taken from swamps and shipped to Sydney. Although it appeared to be of excellent quality, on drying it warped badly and ruptured across the grain. Tests showed that it was only one-third as strong as sound kauri. This swamp kauri was in most cases practically worthless and should be avoided.—Press Association.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 7, 6 December 1926, Page 7
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100SWAMP KAURI. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 7, 6 December 1926, Page 7
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