Ten Years' Timber Lease
p. 72 · Read in the full issue
Warning in Australian Parliament
FURTHER information about the Fed eral Government’s plan to give a contract to someone to remove 50.000 super feet of hoop pine and klinkii from the Bulolo Valley, New Guinea, was sought in the Australian Parliament by Mr. A. E. Green on September 23. What were the areas affected, what was the term of the contract, and how was it pro posed to remove the timber?
The Minister was completely vague. One gathers, from a close study of his long speech, that tenders close on December 2; that the contract is for 10 years; and that the contractor must begin to remove timber within two years, either by the new road (if it is built!) or by some other means.
Mr. Green said he had heard some strange stories about the proposal of the Government to give a long-term contract to one Company; and he gave a warn ing that the members of the House would be very vigilant.