WASTE SAND DUNES.
! AFFORESTATION' SCHESIE. (By Telejrrnpb..—Press Association.) WELLIXGTON-, Monday, i A deputation to the I'rime Minister i I !aid before him a resolution passed at a ■ I conference of Wanganui, Rangitikei, i I Horowhenua. and Manawatu County • j Councils and other bodies, urging that I j the sand dunes area on the west coast of i j the North Island should be afforested. . They asked for an annual grant of f 1000 ' for five years for the purpose of enab- . ling an experiments) station to be set up . by the Forestry Department for demon- . Btration purposes. j Mr. Massey said the Government had . always shown an earnestness in forestry . work; Cabinet was sympathetic. If the , Government could make a success with i the £5000 asked for he was sure it would . be well spent. He would not commit himself to the expenditure, but said the j amount would probably be part of the j I Forestry Estimates next session.
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 27, 1 February 1921, Page 7
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