AVENUE ELMS PRUNED
“ No Threat To Trees”
Workmen on an elevated platform sawing the elms in Rolleston avenue constituted no threat to the trees, said the acting Director of Reserves (Mr G.- G. Henderson) last evening. They were simply pruning branches which were damaged, dangerous, interfering with overhead wires, or spoiling the balance of the trees About a year ago, representations were received from Christ’s College about the trees shading college buildings, Mr Henderson said. The City Council had decided that the elms should be preserved. The inside row of elms from the Armagh street bridge to the Canterbury Museum had been removed earlier.
That inside row of trees had tended to force the others out over the roadway, Mr Henderson said Such branches were now being shortened back and others treateo tc preserve the balance.
Beyond the museum, the trees would simply be checked for defects. In this southern part of the avenue the trees were mixed and did not require the same attention as the elms, Mr Henderson sajd.
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Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28321, 5 July 1957, Page 7
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