BROOKLYN
School children and residents of the district gathered on the site of the ivar memorial, Sugar Loaf Hill, Brooklyn, yesterday. Among those present were Messrs. R. A. Wright, M.P., L. A. Cummins (representative of the Beautifying Society), W. Martin (headmaster); Dr. B. Wright and Messrs. W. Donovan, E. Baggett, and W. Wigston, of the Brooklyn Municipal Electors' Association committee.
In his , address to the children Mr R. A. Wright stressed the value of trees to mankind not only for their beauty but for their immense utility The clearing away of the bush had driven away New Zealand's famous song birds, whose existence was threatened; He spoke of the forest' retention of water, preventing erosion Mr. E. H. Eldridge pointed out that the plantings round the memorial honoured the fallen.
Mr. Wright planted the first tree and the children planted cabbage trees' ngaios, veronicas, broadlea'f, karaka' clianthus, and other native shrubs '
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1936, Page 4
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