by Keith Anderson
Longwarry's remaining sawmill could close at the end of June.
Owner of Longwarry Sawmilling for the past 12 years Bruce Craig said the State Government's decision to bring forward the closure of native timber harvesting to the end of this year would shut the gates at the mill that processes solely hardwood timber.
There is a sad irony to the fact that a country town founded on the timber industry almost 150 years ago will no longer have a sawmill.
Mr Craig feels for his 15 workers from the district, some of them casuals, who have only a few more pay packets to look forward to.

"They've only ever known the timber industry.
"It is the best indu