UNSIGHTLY CLIFFS
BEAT.TIFYIV. >"H£ME SUGGESTED. Th» rf>aut.lying of the. cliffs around Auckland Harbour is a matter ijj xhich the committee cf tlie Au-kland Town Planning Association desires to tcrure the aid of tnr Harbo;ir Board. At mfftinr of thr boiv a ii-r.u-r ••'"ar rrce;vpfi with a t>ug£e.-ilion that .nc-acrnhrvanthi-nnim h<» plan Usd the cliff bohmJ Call.opf Dock, a.* had heen done with jrooii cllifit on Papa (Tiff, at Ximaru, "which used to l» uns.giiUv. but v non an object of beauty." It wa* further pointed out thai the rl:fln a.ound Auckland and in tnc Hauraki Gulf to bo covered with pohutukawa, whereas no* , tin rliow only un fcightlx rlay and papa rock. "It would nnt he i cootlv matter." ;be letter tdds, "to amploy a few men to ?o» pohututawa teed down the fair of the cliffs, and there ii no rea«on why they should not in a fea year.« rn> covered tnth healthy Chnstnaat. trees."
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 231, 28 September 1915, Page 6
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156UNSIGHTLY CLIFFS Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 231, 28 September 1915, Page 6
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