CITY KAURI FOREST.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 31, 6 February 1925, Page 8

CITY KAURI FOREST.

I i UNIQUE BLOCK AT WAITAKERE i (OrSTTL SPKNDJXCi £.10,00(1. I AftPi- a \jAJL to the mot) nere« of. kauri forest t.hnf it. hns j'iM. s«?<-urpd on C asrailo Crrok. near tlir t>i~ Wnitnkp.ro Dam, as a scenic rpwrvo, thn City l>'un,fil was very plea mm] with its bargain, 'am) at. last, night's mooting dtvidfd to purchase an adjoining ">iii; arrop nt. a n-t. ,of £SnoO. This tjppnrcnt ly high prire ivas explainrd hy tin- fiic-t. I lint it oonjtains va Inn hie timber .uid if not lionght 'by tl-.i- rniiiii-.il would Lc Hinppc.l up by soniß timber mill. Tt «'.'is cxplairiff] that, if this pxirn .'ißfi arrrs wprn p'ircliasprl it. would pivo a hptte.r approach and pivo »n as?emblinc t 'roiiri.l tor the public on tho north-western side of tlir. I Waitaknre Hjvpr. Tho arqui?ii.ion would i also >_'i\c proatcr immunity frorj-i fire i J Mr. .1. A. C, Allll m lpprn.-ali-il fpenci ing co raijrh v lirn tho park< ! wore to npglnctml sn.l tlio variousl bnaclips round Aurklan-i wen> ~o lacking i .in convenien^ce. '' Of.lipr mombors poinicrl out (liat if the' kauri forest wen: not sp.-urc-'I now it would soon In , too b>! i> mil nonsidcroil thai- tiic opportunity «s too goo.l to 1,0 lost. Mr. F. W. 11. l!nn.-.b'ii paint.d a picture, of tic- f.itui" wlmii people from tlic South would '•<• rominc. rvi-n by ncroplapp, to s«o ihr. unique wonder of Auckland's k-.iun forost. The Counril approved the propospd purclmxo an.! clmMpil t.. take. f.'JO.OOO from the Wafer Acomint to pay for it nnil t!ip forrst anTi l-ought from the ■ Kauri TimlnT Compiny.