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FORESTRY BILL

SUPPORT FROM MASTERTON. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Masterton, September 18. . At to-day's meeting of the Masterton ' branch of the Farmers' Union, a letter was received from the Dominion secretary (Mr. E- C. Jack) commending the Forestry Bill now before Parliament, and asking that every effort be made in urg•ing politicians to 6ee that Bill'was placed on the Statute Book this session. writer went on to say that although 'a Forestry Department,had already.been / established, it was practically powerless to carry out any 6chemo until .further legislation was passed . . . The elininnaii (Mr. William Perry) said that there could be no doubt that the forestry question wanted a gi'eiit deal more attention than had been paid it 'in the past. Without the present Bill on the Statute Book no good could be done . by the Department. When passing over the Eimutakas the speaker had often been struck by the bareness of the slopes and their suitability for afforestation. ' True, the original forests had been <ie- I - stroyed by fires caused by the engines, but .if tho -slopes were planted with eucalyptus trees a fire would serve to thicken the "growth rather than to kill it. At a spot on the .railway lino near . Kaitoke, a eucalyptus tree liad been -planted some time Ago, and now there " Trere quite a number of such trees around tlie parent plant. If that was ■ the result of planting one tree, what would be the outcome of planting' many more? According to the most scientific -methods if eucalyptus were planted on ; the range a great" boon would accrue to ~ Wellington as well as to the Wairarapa. Mr. W. H. Field, M.P., who took a -great interest in the question, • was strongly in favour of planting the Kimutakas.. It was dec/ded to write to Messrs. G. , ]>. Sykes and A. D. M'Leod. M.P.'s, urg- • ing them to use every endeavour to get •the Bill through this session.

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 306, 20 September 1920, Page 8

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FORESTRY BILL Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 306, 20 September 1920, Page 8

FORESTRY BILL Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 306, 20 September 1920, Page 8

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