THE RIMUTAKAS.
j The plea made in the House of Representatives on Wednesday by Mr W. C. Buchanan, M.P., for the reafforestation of the Rinmtaka Range will he supported by most people who have occasion to travel'between Masterton and Wellington. During recent years the Rimutakas have been almost denuded of the forests which j made them so valuable from a climatological and scenic point of view. I They have, indeed, been rendered a ' barren and ugly waste. WBether the
cost of planting tfoem witli useful j trees would be particularly great is a question which experts only can decide. It does seem, however, that prison labour might be profitably employed in restoring the forests on this and other ranges in the Domin-
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10077, 26 August 1910, Page 4
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122THE RIMUTAKAS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10077, 26 August 1910, Page 4
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