ROTOKARE COMAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 159, 9 July 1903, Page 2

ROTOKARE COMAIN.

The eff r'B which th« Tir«n»ki Scenory < Pres rvaticn Society bavn b°en making to p-eserve tho nntive bush surrounding tho beautiful Rotokai-e Like Afp-sr likely to be crowned with success, that is hb far as preset v'ng the bush w'nioh hss not already b cn fallen is conrsrned. Unfurl U'ately alrrady 70 acres have been fallen and 300 aor<"s underserubbed cut of the total area of 530 across. If, ho revpr, the work of destruction is now stopped a goad deal of tho damage will in time b j repaired. It is gra'ifying to learn tint although feeliog that they hava mt be treitfd with as much oinsidoratioa as they were enti lid to, th's Mayor and Borough Council of H iwera are asuftin<?, as fir as they tiro abla, to prevent anv fur')w dpitf.iun'-'on. Yesterday Mr W. H. Skinner, chtitmui of the Scenery Preservation 3 cie'y, reC"iv-d a wire from Mr W. Symes, M H.R for Pitea, in whose elector it e if; i j , as follows: " Minister of Lands hw jm'. given mtico to introduce tho Ritokare Domain Bill. The Mayor of Hawera has given notice to lessees to cosse buthfalling, st&'ing that no compinsvtion will be paid after duto of notice." W« hops that this will result in the object of this usjful Sccioty b"ing attained. At the meeting of the Rotokare Domain Bmrd, the Star reports, that it was decided no" to sign the leases at present,