■ TREE PLANTING-
• . ■";-";•- ,;..''.■." .;'■•»' ; ' .■'.; ...; ON, TEE;DEFENCE RESERVE. . To beautify some of .the barren hill--Bides :which surround ■Wellington Harbour, and to give a practical lesson in the possibilities of afforestation,- arrange- . - mentis have been made to have the De-.-..fence: Reserve.on the Peninsula planted out "■.'.'■ with suitable.trees—trees which will eur- ■ .'' -.. vive,' heavy" winde and which will crow near the sea..'; The work is to be done , ■■■■' by- the prisoners who" are at present at Point' work of digging, tho holes "foil , 'the trees, will be commenced at. :•■' once, and the .trees will be planted, at .-'■■ the proper season next -year. The scheme "' has. been".'formulated by,'' Mr. Goudie of tho Waiptapu Tree Planting ■ Station, and '■'"■ the. Minister for Justice, the. Hon. A. L. Her<lmah, ; has'instructed the local gaoler to act.upon it. ::.-■ ■'.;. •-■' -.■' '- ■'■ The : 'planting out of the'hills should '' - make the" approaches to the harbour a little less severe, and should!make the ■>■". drive round Point-Halswell a much more ' attractive one than it is at, present.. "•
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1623, 14 December 1912, Page 5
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158■ TREE PLANTING- Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1623, 14 December 1912, Page 5
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