NOXIOUS WEEDS ACT.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 203, 7 April 1905, Page 2

NOXIOUS WEEDS ACT.

(to the editor,) Sir, —Whilst strolling in tha nascent township fof Te Puru the othef evening, I was struck by the prevalence of weeds that are deemed by the Goveanment to be noxious, and also some that are not so designated. I refer to gorse, sweet bnar, blackberries and Bathurst burr (for a wonder I did not see ragwort) belonging to the first class, which are evidently allowed to glow unchecked. But 1 also noticed a section substantially fenced, with a row of Macrocarpa trees planted as a breakwind (which I was sorry to see are nearly all dead) for what ? For one of the finest crops of Scotch thistles that could be found anywhere. I suppose the lessee is an absentee, who is waiting for a rise in value. Scotch thistles are not a weed here, so I am informed, but let a few crops like the one in question be shut up and allowed to seed, and I feel sure that settlers will have cause to regret that they were not branded as weed s before they had time to spread. I have had experience with them elsewhere, and know what a pest they are. —Yours, etc., VISITOR.