ARBOR DAY PLANTING.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1484, 5 July 1912, Page 9

ARBOR DAY PLANTING.

On Wednesday afternoon school teachers and the -Mayor (Mr. D. M'Laren) met, and discussed the question of tree-planting on Arbor Day.

The Mayor stated that the City Council had nrrangod to plant 48 acres'of Town Bolt at the back of Wellington Terrace. Offers to plant had been made for Maraama Crescent, Ohiro Road, Brooklyn, Wellington Colle.ee grounds, Upland Road, and other places.

Mr. J, W. Worboys allndod to the discouragement, which Hie Kilbirnic child«n hud inst wilh in planting tlio reserve on the Constable Street hill, subsequent road alteration , ; haviiw involved the destrnction of the tree?.

Mr. J. 0. Webb stated that his school would willingly ro-opwate. but the cliildren fhouid be pirinitrcd to lcolc after the tl'EO.'.

Mr. M'Jforran thought Hint it would bo a mistake to let I.limii have much to do with tho actual planting of tlie trees.

Mr. C. Watson w.n willing to co-opnato if a smalt p!ol of land Wt-re placed at the disposal of chililren so that tlicr uii::lit atlpui! lr. livts alreadj planlml.

The Mayor Ji»rcei! that it wciuld be neccKiry (a hav? fjeueral overbuilt in the matter of plantiu K . He suid that he was siirpri-i'd, when in SvdiU'V, k> -oo how hrautifully the unfeiiccd' wore kept, and he thoui-ht that it would be nrrrettabl" if Wellinjhiu could not i!o fo as well. Up mnlorlnok to furnish the teachors witii a draft selwnie of planting at an early date.