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workers. He did not want to set one island against the other, but he had made a comparison of figures given in the Year Book. It was a fact that in the past commissioners had been mainly North Island men, and conditions Tn the two islands were: quite different. Mr McCombs said that Canterbury was naturally a treeless area, ana needed timber. The Forestry Depart* ment,'which had experience with tree* other than pines, should plan to plant* larger area than a possible 3000 acre*. It was important to note that Bank* ; Peninsula, in his electorate, grew a type of eucalyptus which could h* used for power poles. Banks Peninsula timber had already been used for this purpose. It would be reasonabw for the department to establish plan* tations of that type in areas overgrow® with gorge, which should be controlleo in some way. Such plantations wouW go a long way towards meeting tM demand for power poles in New Zea. land. ’ Ppposition speakers said they werl sorry the Minister had not indicated that indigenous forests were to W fostered.