"THE YELLOW BROOM."

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4286, 3 December 1892, Page 2

"THE YELLOW BROOM."

A correspondent from Mamjaniaboo pens the following ; "Oil broom, the yellow broom, The anoiontjoct sung it, And sweet it is on summer days To lie at rest among it." Precisely so; but none of us settlers here aro at all desirous of seeing tho yellow broom flourish in our midst, Wo would much rather see it in poetry than in our land, while as to lying at rest among it that may be right enough after we are dead. Wa may not then offer any very strenuous objections, ina'smuoh as land that is overrun with broom is only fit for a cemetery, But in the meantime we must be excused if we resent the ijmV duetion of such an alarming pesffs ourlooality. The Railway authotb ties are generally oredited with singular capacity, for perpetrating blunders, but they certainly never made a greater blunder or one that may bo fraught with more evil ooDßequencea than when they authorised the planting of broom in different plaoes along the railway lino as a remedy for the constantly recurring.slips. There is no doubt that it answers (he purpose for which it was planted admirably, as its roots striitt deep into the ground and becomematted and interlocked in suoh a mannor as to prevent the bank slipping on to the line. But unfortunately it does something more than this, it spreads over the surrounding country with a . rapidity which is positively appalling. Already it has found its way into properties on either side ot the lino, and if.it is not eradicated atonce (and this is possible as the pest is as yot in its infancy) in a very few years these and many other properties will-ifor sale cheap, and their moßt attraotive features will be good access and plenty of broom. However, the settlers intend taking action in the matter, and a moating for this purpose will bo ! held at an early date. It is to bo hoped that-they will take a firm stand and adopt effective measures to nip au evil in the bud, which threatens their fnture prosperity.