Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1896 — Timber for South Africa. [ARTICLE]

Timber for South Africa.

As wood is largely wanting in thd Australian gold fields several steamships are now Engaged in carrying timber frijm ’the Pacific coast for use iu Australian mines. The steamships carry from 2,000,000 to 2,500,000 feet each. The wood is California pine and fir.