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Mt Benger Mail, 26 October 1938, Page 2

Dredge Tailings. So that dredging claims in gohdhearing areas shall not become weed-infested and unsuitable for farming, the Government has taken steps to see that dredging companies do not leave the land to waste, stated the Minister for Mines (Hon. P. C. Webb), reports the ‘New Zealand Herald.’ _ The Mines Department now issues licenses on the condition that trees shall be planted on all land left in a state unsuitable for farming, he added, so that the districts should become more valuable national assets than than they otherwise would be. The Minister quoted the Barrytown area on the West Coast of the South Island, where there was dredging on land that was chiefly swamp. As the dredge advanced the sou 'was replaced, and it was found that the land was much improved for general farming. Where deep dredging was carried out and the soil covering was comparatively thin, this method was not practicable, but tree planting was an alternative, and pines which had grown in the trail of gold dredges were showing uncommonly good growths. In many instances these trees were larger than those planted at the same time in virgin country in the neighbourhood. The proclamation is certainly not before its time.

FACE DOWNWARDS “Should a child be spanked on an empty'stomach?” asks a correspondent. No—on the contrary.