PROTECTING THE BUSH

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 November 1940, Page 6

PROTECTING THE BUSH

APPEAL BY MR PARRY. FIRE DANGER IN SUMMER. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, November 21. The protection of native bush and the preservation of the country’s birds were matters of permanent concern to the people of New Zealand, said the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr Parry, in an interview. The coming of summer was the time, he said, when the community was justified in entertaining a fear of scrub fires which, if some past experiences were taken as a criterion, would either threaten or destroy some of the most beautiful bush and fern scenery of the Dominion. The average New Zealander was a lover of his country's bush and he would make an earnest appeal to all to help in the approaching dry season to protect the bush, which was the home of native birds. Mr Parry referred to a recent arrangement between the Minister of Lands. Mr Langstone, and the Wellington Automobile Association for the appointment of members of the association as inspectors to help in the protection of bush and other native scenery. “Members of the Automobile Association in New Zealand," the Minister said, “are in a splendid 'position greatly to assist in this tine protective work. This further voluntary community effort now to be undertaken is valuable and the country will benefit by it."