A CONSTRUCTIVE POLICY.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 July 1923, Page 3

A CONSTRUCTIVE POLICY.

To the Kilitor of llio Grey Diver Ai'"iis). Sir. AVi- liKVt* In'll some newspaper controversy, and a L'.ooil ileal ol corner pliilusi.pl.y. about ‘ h «-; I ’ ,v>u ' : ' bungle. In one article you asked tor a ‘■construettve policy." At there was a public meeting held when there was a lot of twaddle talked about doing pood for the place by the expenditure of CKMII, anmiip which a snooestion was made to break up a weTl-oquipped dairy farm on the hank () ,- t he Hokitika Hirer, lor atlorestry 1 purposes, a surest ion to heueht one industry to the iniury of anu.hor C> J* „ ul o-s policy . while tlie Department has fenced in some hundreds oi acres near the llnss road, which are useless for agricultural purposes, if yott want a const motive policy, here is one: ( all ()|1 t |,e ••Snuare-lfeal" Covetninent to lake their fat-billeted inkers out <’! ’ ( his hand hack to the local bodies the timber royalties lilehcd from them, until the condition that a state-.!, reasonable sum he spent on reailorestaH sion, the balance to go to the matn.en- “ an re of the roads cut up l>v the timber tradio, ami put Mr John Ham-on in charge of the timber cultivation. ( I * course, the old pioneer is past doing the work himself now: hut Ins knowledge would he a valuable asset. That ho "knows a few things about tunber cultivation is shown hv the towering trees round his residence down the Hi mu Flat, Clive him a gang of men uit.h mattecks in their hands, and you u-ill get the land reafforested where timber grew before. And in a short time the overseers ol the local bodies wouhi take tile work in hand themselves aml all the money now going into fat billets, motor ears, etc., would go into the works, as a modest sum. with out-of-pwket expenses. would do hint. This. 1 think, would about he a suitable constructive policy, at a time of the country's stress, when we ate over two hundred millions in debt. 1 do not apologise for trespassing <-» your spare, because the subject i.einan'ls it.—T in cti.. IT. A. BAUCK K.