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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 September 1939, Page 4

In the exhibit buildings of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition the flooring covers an area of approximately 16 acres and the great majority of the flooring has been made from New Zealand timber. Some indication of the amount of flooring used can be had from the fact that if it were made into a 12-inch plank, it would reach 1,704 miles, which is nearly 500 miles further than from Wellington to Sydney. A newspaper correspondent has complained about the felling of native trees for firewood by proprietors or lessees of hostels or tea-rooms which are near clumps of bush. In many eases these small stands are remnants of large native forests —remnants which should surely be saved for this generation and posterity It is held by lovers of native trees that the use of other fuel should save their precious lives, especially in districts whore there are only small companies of survivors from the forest multitudes of long ago.