Cutting-Down of Trees

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 135, 24 June 1937, Page 7

Cutting-Down of Trees

"TREES."

Sir,— it is said to be well that we have been g.ven memoi'y that we may have roses in winter; the time Beems to be fast coming when trees in Hastings will be as the i'oses, for we shaii have nothing btit niemories Of them. Who, Sir, is responsiblo for the tfoecutting that has been ratripant in Hastings theBe last few years 1 To whom do trees in pubhc reserves belong? Notices are sOme times seen: "Protcct your owii property. " Are we given a chance to protect Our trees and the birds that shelter in them? Who had the aathority to slaughtcr tho.Se laee-barlca iu the Women ;s llest reserve this weok, leaving dozens oi' birds without shelter in the vvind and tho rain ahd destroying the quiet I'esbilig-place i'or many workers during ihe mid-day recess? Trees pianted by men who have helped to make Hastings should sureiy be treated with sorne reverenco i'or the sake of those citizene of the past who planned for, aiid perhapB pianted them. It seems fruitless to write and ask you these questions when the trees are destroyed. but for the sake of those trefes left standing. and for which We tfenible, not knowing from d&y to day Whefo next tbe axe WiU fall, cannot sOMetiiing be done to curtail this cutting-down ? If hew gardens and lawns afe to be laid out, cannot they be done with sOtne regard for trees well grownf Trees that have taken years to grow iiito shelter are destroyed in a few minutes, and tliough others may be pianted it is a long wait bcfore they are a "bidingplace from the wind. " Where are the garden circles of the women 's organisations in the town ? Would they not take a hand and an intelligent interest in the city reserves? Or do they just sit in heir armchair? and lieten to instructions as to how to grow broccoli in their own backyhrds? When wil] Hastings people get into their consciousue'ss that "only God can make a tree"? Can anyone tell me?—

Yours, etc., Hastings, June 24, 1937.