REDUCING WEEDS IN TOWN

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 631, 6 April 1929, Page 12

REDUCING WEEDS IN TOWN

GOVERNMENT ACTION UR<s (From Our Ou-n Correspondent) MAKTON, Frida Noxious weeds are spreading ralarming rapidity in the norther® of the Rangitikei County; so mucli that much land which a few yearsawas in a prosperous state of prod ll tivity is now practically ruined, matter was mentioned at the Cot*Council meeting to-day, Cr. P son stating that something shoo» done .to protect those farmers were keeping their land cleanbiggest problem was the spread cf weeds in boroughs and town and the meeting was of the I that there was an anomaly i® **** I in that inspectors could not take *-• I j in these areas. The following resolution 1 passed:—“That this council j alarm the. rapid spread of i weeds, such as ragwort. W*® .. j hemlock, etc., in the streets a®« sections within many borough® r|j i town districts where ■ G .°jv T ?r l spectors have no authoritj #»- e the Noxious Weeds Act. ys p.- - weeds are now the most 8® \ ace farmers have to contend council urges the Minister o : ture to bring all borough an » 1* tricts under the provisions *= so that departmental insP • hLwve the same authority a- _ counties.” :f Strangely enough, at tl> pt* r i ing, it was decided no 1© Californian thistle a - ‘ * I view of the fact that m r h •it has got beyond control.