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Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24631, 30 July 1945, Page 4

arive awaj\ Arbor Day Commemoration The Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Council makes a special appeal to all residents of New Zealand to observe Arbor Day in the right, spirit and to plant trees. The council is fully seized with the national importance of the spirit behind Arbor Day and is preparing to sponsor an increasing effort for its wider recognition and greater activity associated with its commemoration. In a leaflet issued to all primary and secondary school pupils D. A. Campbell. in "Thoughts for Arbor Day" says trees are the multiple crop for a new generation for shelter and shade, holding the soil and minimising floods, building fertility of depleted areas, timber, posts, firewood, weed control, cellulose products—paper, plywood, plastics, and rubber, spiritual and aesthetic values, the encouragement of, ' and a home for, our unique native birds.