FIRE AT OHOPE
Sir. —"PohutukaAA'a" is right—it is a doAvnright shame lioav the County Council treat. Ohope. Beautiful Ohope
or Avhat is left of it, is in bad hands. The only thing the council do thoroughly at Ohope is to. collect the four or fiA r e hundred pounds of rates. And it has man poAver plenty—its officials are tumbling oA r er one another. Take one or tAvo instances of Avhat has been done. Some time ago a track Avas cut leading into the 140-acre pohutukaAva forest. The manuka cut doAvn is lying dry as tinder all alons the sides of the track just Avaiting for a lighted match or cigarette. That 140-acre pohutukaAva forest, rightly described by "Pohutuk«AA r a" as the finest forest of its kind in NeAA r Zealand Avould, if burnt, be a great national loss. The County Counpil may know about milk buckets but -it knoAvs nothing (and apparently does not Avant to knoAv) about scenic reserI repeat "Beautiful Ohope" is in bad hands. On last Monday morning an S.O.S. Avar; sent in to the County Council foi hek> to fight the recent fire. You'll hardly it, but only one man and one slasher AA as sent! ! What do you think of that? Just an insult to those in distress.
Yours etc.,
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BPB19391110.2.17.2
Bibliographic details
Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 86, 10 November 1939, Page 4
Word Count
218FIRE AT OHOPE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 86, 10 November 1939, Page 4
Using This Item
Beacon Printing and Publishing Company is the copyright owner for the Bay of Plenty Beacon. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Beacon Printing and Publishing Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in