SPIRIT OF ARBOR DAY
"As time goes on, tliose New Zea- . lamlers who give inlejligent tliought to their country's welfare are being im pressod increasingly with Ihe vital im portance of tree-planting and the sat'eguarding of plantations, " states tlie Minister of Interual Affairs, tlie Hon. ! \Y. E. Parry, in a niessage on Arbor Day, which will be observed on August ■ 7. wherever the conditions are favourable. "That feeling was intensified during prolonged droughts last summer when tires destroyed large areas of iijitive forests and plantations of exolie trees. Tliose disasters emphasised the trufli tliat tlie people must be iire- ! minded as wcll as t ree-niinded for tlie ! benelit of tliemseJ ves and posterity. j "There is jileasant evideimc tliat ■ sonie of the plautings on Arbor Day i wiji be living memorials to Xew ZeaJ Isyhders who gave their iives for their [ c/rantry in the world 's greatest war. 1 ! ^m • heaftil.v in agreement with many 1 fieople that meniorihhs of , .this kind tsliould be increased. •(. "The "war and the difficuit tasks ?if I post-war reconstruetion have hinde;:qd j tlie development of programmes faity worthy of the spiri-t. of Arbor Day, bait 1 feel eontident that within tlie next year there will be developments which will make the eelebration distinctly impressive for the public. "Arbor Day can serve vvell in arousing interest in the beautifying of uiisiglitly waste places and in improving olhers, lmt ils best purjiose will be in lessons for young folks and adults thxil tree-planting and tree-saving are linked with soil-'saving. Tlie instinct of selfpreservation should induee all New Zealanders to be keenly iulerested in trees which are. nature's protective policy against devastating erosion. Action against nature lirings disaster. "Tlianks of tlie public are due to all enthusiastic rnen and women who actively associated themselves year by year with Arbor Day programmes. Tliey need tlie help of rnore volnnteera for active service in a cause which comniands full suppovt of the piiblic,.''
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Chronicle (Levin), 2 August 1946, Page 8
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324SPIRIT OF ARBOR DAY Chronicle (Levin), 2 August 1946, Page 8
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