FORESTRY PRESERVATION

Evening Star, Issue 22447, 18 September 1936, Page 14

FORESTRY PRESERVATION

DEPREDATIONS OF FIRE AND AXE GOVERNMENT'S ACTIVE CONCERN fPn.i United Press Association*] WAIROA, September 17. Hie present Government intends to do all it can to preserve the remaining forest area in New Zealand, according to a statement made here by the Hon. \\. C. Parry. Axe and (ire had been used tar too much in New Zealand, and as a result thousands of acres of most magnificent scenery had been ruined, many acres of country had been denuded of growth, and as a result of that the country was being called upon to-day to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds to clear the rivers of silt sent down off the hills. “ Since I left Wellington I have been elated with the spirit of people I have met in the various districts I have visited,” said Mr Parry. The Minister added that the men working in the bush and the workers generally were a pleasure to meet. Today they were all pleased and happy, and when men showed their happiness in that manner it was some compensation for the work that had been done on their behalf. ‘ It is a Godsend to meet people happy in their work,” added Mr Parry, “ That is what we want and what we are trying to create in New Zealand. We do not belong to any one section of the community. Tho" duty of the Government is to, see that the results of the labour of 'the people are more equitably distributed than in the past.” The Minister stated that the Government’s recent legislation had created a feeling of hope in the minds of people, who were working to-day as they had never worked before. The Minister and his party arrived at Wairoa yesterday afternoon from Rotorua, having spent the night at Waikaremoana , where a breakdown with a car caused a delay in arriving here. The Minister was very enthusiastic about the scenery at Waikaremoana, stating that he “was more convinced than over that no country in the world could excel the Dominion for scenic beauty.