NOXIOUS WEEDS.
CONTROL BOARD SUGGESTED, CO-OPERATION ESSENTIAL. : (By. Telegraph.—Parliamentary . Reporter-) WELLINGTON, Wednesday. | A statement on the noxious weeds problem was made by the' Minister' oi Lands, the Hon. G. W. Forbes, in the House to-day. • ... '.' . Mr. Forbes said the Government could not be expected to undertake alone the whole task of coping with the noxious weeds problem. The co-operation ■'. of owners of property would be necessary. So far as the Department was' concerned it was doing its utmost to see that the law relating to noxious weeds was carried out. Prosecutions had not helped to solve the problem.
The Minister instanced the rabbit boards as a successful check on the rabbit pest, and stated that if similar boards were set up to deal with noxious weeds the problem would be solved. He had' assured deputations of farmer* that tie Government was prepared 'to even grant financial assistance to boards, but no definite move had been made te, establish such bodies. •
The Minister of Education,.the Hoik H. Atniore, expressed the opinion that biological control was the only way in which the problem could be solved. He paid a tribute to the workbeißg-done ia that difection at the Cawthron Institute
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 204, 29 August 1929, Page 9
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