CENTENNIAL MEMORIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 67, 21 March 1939, Page 6

CENTENNIAL MEMORIAL.

FUTURE OF WATTAKERE BUSH. (To the Editor.)

Jly return to the city after a short abseaec is greeted by an increased interest in thk important matter. Though support for Wai- - takere Park iri general, there is. of course, some divergence of opinion. I must think Mi«e Quill and '■Timber ,, for stressing a dan«er which I myself had not fully apprehended— the assumption of the YTaitakere bash by tk* State Forest Service. Should thk hawe? nobody would be allowed to enter the forestwhereas wliat bush lovers want is the rijAt freely to study and enjoy the blah and all- * the other natural beauties and advantages of this remarkable region located rigfctrt Auckland's door. The Forestry Department has vast areas of bush in more distant ties—which it may develop and work on earnI mercial lines to its heart'? desire. But WaiI takere Ranies are placed where they aair* r ' obviously for a health report and a great I national playground. If we fail to secure J tliPin for "us. fnir lipir* ami successors." then iwe d<>~orve nothing but the reprobation of jail future jreiieratioiw of Am-klandert. J "TimlM-r" want of knowledge of the quality a n<l uses of pinus insignk wood, but he can rest assured that no exotic- trees of any sort will be permitted in the ranges. As 'regards the harbour bridge. I have uttered no jibe. On the contrary. I have done ruch to promote it; but while the North Shore boroughs are jealous and disunited and toote ' whose lands would be_ vastly enhanced in vale* refuee financial support, there is no hope in"' - the world of the bridge being achieved in tkg Centennial year or for many years after. E. EABLE VAJLE.