N Guinea Timber
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Probable New Industry in Morobe
EFFORTS are being made by the New Guinea Administration to develop a timber milling industry on the New Guinea mainland, according to an an nouncement from Canberra on August 4.
The experiment, which was formally launched, follows an investigation of the timber resources of the Territory and the subsequent appointment of a small for estry staff. The survey revealed that the Territory contained large areas of valuable timber.
It was also announced that the Ad ministration had decided to throw open a large area of forest in the Bulolo Val ley for milling. The area is estimated to contain 50,000,000 super feet of com mercially useful hoop and Klinkii pines and a smaller quantity of cedar and secondary timbers.
The development of supplies of hoop pine from New Guinea may be of con siderable importance to the Australian butter industry. Experiments have shown that Queensland hoop pine, of which supplies are limited, is one of the best available substitutes for New Zea land white pine for the manufacture of export butter boxes. Restrictions are now threatened on the supply of white pine from New Zealand.