TIMBERS. 545: 
for building the railway residences and stations on the Trans- 
continental Railway between Port Darwin and Adelaide, after being. 
properly tested by the S.A. Government to prove its white-ant 
resisting qualities. Not only was the timber shipped for the 
frames and flooring of the buildings, but the pine was made up. 
into joinery (doors and casements) and office furniture by one of 
our leading joinery firms here, with good effect. The many knots 
in this class of pine is no detriment to its usefulness, as they do 
not fall out, and when the wood is polished they give it a hand- 
some appearance. We have learned that what promised to be an 
important trade with the Northern Territory and with the islands 
in the Straits, by supplying this white-ant resisting timber from our 
large forests near Junee and Narandera, and also in the north, near 
Tamworth, was destroyed by the cost of the timber being excessive. 
through high rail carriage to Sydney, and having to send by 
steamers to the northern ports; and the contractors for the Port 
Darwin Railway, after trying to get a reduction in the railway 
-freight to Sydney (almost equal to the first cost of the timber), , 
fell back upon islands in the Straits for their supplies.” —Sydney 
Evening News, 28th February, 1888. It is highly probable that 
the pine alluded to is referable to this species. Diameter, 18 to’ 
24in. ; height, 60 to 7oft. 
Northern Australia, through Queensland, all round the 
continent to North-west Australia. 
369. Frenela robusta, var. microcarpa, 4. Cunn., (Syn. F. 
microcarpa, A. Cunn.; . txtratropica, F.v.M.; F. columel- 
larts, F.v.M.; F. Mooret, Parlat.; Callitris columellaris, 
Han.) N.O., Coniferz, B.FI., vi., 237. Callitris columel- 
Jaris in Muell. Cens., p. 109. 
“White Pine,” ‘Cypress Pine,’ ‘‘Coorung-coorung” of the 
aboriginals of Northern New South Wales. ‘ Pooragri” of those about 
Brisbane. ‘‘ Coolooli” of those about Wide Bay (Queensland). , 
Timber brittle, soft, dark-coloured, fragrant, and silky; used. 
for indoor work, and the root-stock for turning and veneers. 
“Used for telegraph poles.” (Thozet.) It is also used for the. 
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