STATE FORESTS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 55, 27 November 1937, Page 3

STATE FORESTS

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Annual Report Discussed By House PR0VIDING FOR FUTURE

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[ WELLINGTON, Last Night. j This afternoon in the House of Repjresentatives was devoted to considerajtion of papers. Discussing the annual 'xeport of the Director of Forestry, Rt^ 'Hon. G. W, Forbes (Opp— Hurunui), jstated it was our duty to make provijsions for trees for timber purposes for, ifuture generations. We were using up the timber of the country to-day, and it was not right that the country should be deprived of forests for the future. Mr. A. F, Moncur (Govt. — Rotorua) joutlined the reafforestation work in the Rotorua district and stressed the fact that nothing could liva where pinus insxgnis was planied, but the reverse was truo in the case of Douglas •fir. Mr. J. Hargest (Opp. — Awarua) advocated that the State should plant some of the leasehold station lands in the high country. Sueh work would enhance the value of the stations them-. .selves and also provide a national asseti for the future. Mr, T. H. McCombs (Govt.— Lyttelton) congratulated the Department on the work it was doing in the planting of native trees. Exotic trees were not . altogether the right type for planting :in New Zealand, although they had certain uses and their vaiue should not be overlooked. He. appealed to tho Minister to appoint an expert to conduct research work into attacks by suclv insects as borer on timbers. The Minister in Charge of the Stato Forest Service, Hon. F. Langstone, saidthe Government had done everything it ■ could to assist the Southland beech ■industry. It had even made an offer to jhave the timber made into butterboxes, but the offer had been turned down. There was no better timber for inside work or for furniture than Southland silver beech. His Department had ^ a very progressive policy, and the Minister himself was quite prepared to work in with members. Where suitable areas could be purchased at the right price he could assure them they would be taken over and planted. On the motion for the adjournment at 4 p.m., the Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. ' M. J. Savage, intimated the business before the House on Monday would be the consideration of the Publie Works Statement and Estimates. .