ARBOR DAY.
CHILDREN PLANT TREEB* CEREMONIES AT THE SCHOOLS. Arbor Day was observed throughout the Dominion to-day, and the children of Hamilton took pride in planting native and other trees during special ceremonies arranged at the various schools this morning. At the Hamilton West School the ceremony opened at 11 o'clock with the singing of the National Anthem, after which the headmaster of the school, Mr L. J. Mark, addressed the pupils on the value of the trees and the forests of New Zealand. An essay “Trees and Forest Protection” was read to the school by a Standard VI. pupil who had written it. Later songs, with themes concerning trees, were sung by the gathering. Mr A. H. Cheeseman, a member of the school committee, also addressed the pupils. At the outset of the tree-planting ceremony two coronation oaks were set in commemoration of the coronaton of King George VI. and Queen Elizabeth. Other trees planted included native specimens and also oaks. Children of the school volunteered to care for the saplings for twelve months. Similar ceremonies were held at other primary schools In Hamilton today.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19370811.2.86
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20269, 11 August 1937, Page 8
Word count
Tapeke kupu
186ARBOR DAY. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20269, 11 August 1937, Page 8
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Waikato Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in