TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 163, 10 July 1914, Page 9

TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK.

ITS PROPOSED EXTENSION , , (By TeleCT.nph. — I'arlinniputary Eeportex.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. A deputation frerm the. New Zealand Institute waited on the Premier this nrorninjr ami nrued extension of Tonjrurin> National Park boundaries and stops to preserve native Uuish. J>r. Cockayne said he did not ask for an acre 01 lan.l suitable lor settlement aiM timber iniUin™ purposes, hut emphasised tJie, ne.'es.-ity lor prKemnj llio scenic beauties of the park and conSH'rvation <if flimatk , loaiiire-; oi the district for the Kike of the native bush. I'rofpssrrr Kirk di v prooated flic 'planting of heather on the park. 11,- pnintcnl 011;. that, it \uie in Europe (n kprp nut harmful vegetation. l>ut if ;i!lowod to flourish at the National Park it would in time dpstmy n-.vtive plant.-. Du--ciiP«ins attni.-tion.-; of -the park, he declare,] there was a hot 'sprins; there with probably the i-urntivo properties of any in N>«- Ze.iiand. Trhilo quite equal -spectacularly to Rotonia. Several member.-, including ?iTeh-.-r«. (J. M. rar/rnKfln. R. \V. Smith. Ell and Buick fiipportnl tlie request. The Premier rcplie»l Miat riovernnient had male up minrl to frrant the roquest before hearing it. and they were quite prepared to exteiKl the boundaries r»f tho p-ark providing I.in 4 tit f.ir ?ettlrment was not included. As indicated in the G-ovornnr's speech they had already dwi.'led to im.ikp some in control. It Tfas nrnpo#*d to include on the Boar.l a jrentlemiin v.!m would take an interest in the preservation of scenery. They had not quite de.ided on the personnel of the Board, but it would be drawn ifrrtm representative mon in the provincial di'tTicts of Auckland and Wellington.