PRESERVATION OF FORESTS

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19879, 7 May 1936, Page 12

PRESERVATION OF FORESTS

. PREVENTION OF SOIL EROSION. ...—.— .\'.‘\Tlt‘.\'.\|4lS\Tlo.\' Sl't‘ntjESTlfill. A letter from Mr W. .\lcwnatmx of Auckland, prmukml Iliwusaiun at the ‘t‘ortnixhlh meeting or the Hamilton ‘Beautihiug Swirl} last melting. .\lr t\\'. it. Paul preaidmt. others prcsent being )[Chall‘ T. H. ltc.\nol¢ls. F 4 \\'. Hare. l‘l. Phillips-Turner. .I. F. Strung. ll\\'. U. Puuulucy. H, Y. Quirk. G. Mormath and Dr. 11. [s‘ Harris and the isccrelnry. .\lr H. Mnure, ‘ .\lr Alexander. in his letter sub;— lgcsted that the Liorernment he asked to declare every existing area or native it'orest. iu the Dominion to be made a {reserve amt that State Forest Service |hc nlvcn full powers or administration iol' thesc l‘L‘hCl’VE‘s. It was his opinion ithal there were many thousands of {acres of hill country that should never i have been rlrarcrl rll‘ll there were many :tltousanitx ut' :Il'l't‘n untouchcd that ishould he loft in tort-st. i Sllps and Floods. i “.\lrearty we haw (‘\‘iti(‘llt'f’ in the north Hill] in the cast.“ the lettvr cun‘tinuetl. ”that the “hnlcaalc tlr‘xtructiou of forest cmcriug i~ rcspnnsillle for much mull erosion and runsmluent sitting up of l‘i\rl' limb. ’l‘hv-m- u-uuuli-lion: lnm'l to silllltlllfl un the hill~inl¢n~ and tlumiiu: ull In\\v‘l' lv\rl.~f' Mr Alt-Muller ruu.~i<lrrmt that unlima proper sntvm ut‘ t-ontrlll it \\uuhl he |’m.~.~llnlr in prrwul the culling uud huruiug nt‘ fnrvnst nu hill ruuutr) “hivh is too steep l'ur prutltahh- um- as agri7 cultural or pastoral luut, lt “unhl im {llllll'llll to imagine. the lettnr cunliuuml. an) lr‘uitiunti- imluv tr)‘ lmiuz h-unpvml I'nx- \mnt nt' limtu-r if, the SIIIII'R-N ut‘ sum-i) \U-re reasunp :Illl.“ ruulrnllrnl l-ut Inulcr lln- prupus'wl >.\,~trm ut' ~tatc u-nntrl murh \‘nluahlc country \mulnl lu' 5... an fl‘uln tloods and erusinu in years to come. .\pat‘t from Iln- utility uspt‘l‘l ul‘ thu situation there \\a~ the anthetic sink to consider and Mr Alexander cunv hidEl‘Pd that that aspect would uutkc a wide appeal to people throughout the Dominion, ln vonrluslon .\lr Alexander expresssed the hope that the ltamltton Heautlt‘ying Society “ould sec tlt to make the first more in the direction of national control of all existing forest areas. In discussing the letter .\h' E. Phillips-Turner stated that the cost or purchaslnj: the land concerned “ould he prnltihithe hut s','_x'csta-tl that an amn-uuhnr‘ut cuuhl he made to rxistinz logbhturc or new legislation cnuhl lm t-uzwtmi In prm‘ent hush on land until l'ut' milfimtiun trum ln-iu: cut thmu. Mr T. I}. llt‘)'ll0|¢I~ .~.t.tlv-l that \\lli|-‘ lhc Such-t} “its >.\iup.ntlu-li.- \\itll llu' “him-ts nuthnwl h} .\lr .\lr-mutter tlm' \V'ru ulllhlvlt' thu nt-jwts of tln- Such-l) “hose \wrlt \\.|\ vuucvruwt \xith tln-l:r.--lutit'_\iu: nt' llatuiltnn. H “(Li fill‘i'llll‘ll in \\l‘lll‘ in .\ll' .\ll‘Vantler :tlutl: Ihv liu-m >ll£'.'l'>lt‘ll h) .\lr ltt'}ltoltl.~, ——._