ARBOR DAY LABOURS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 567, 23 July 1909, Page 7

ARBOR DAY LABOURS.

;"'■■'' '"■'.. ' * —~ ':''•■'•' •■,'■"'■■• '■ -EESULT OF'THE PLANTING:, !. Remarking on the> result: of the combined efforts of: the citizens .and. the City Council to jnake. Arbor '■ Day a - success, his Worship' the Mayor representative of The DoSaNidS that he,' -was' exceedingly gratified 'at. the > way citizens in , various parts of the city responded -to "the call. •.He was : also pleased : that so many'private citizens had planted trees .••■in''', gardens ■ outside public administra- • tiou.: Br. Newman said ! he would like to make ; a suggestion 'to -owners of gardens' that while' l 'they- plant, -flowers -and I6w-grewing 6hrubs these .'do not show .from any • distance; while a few; : trees,-in:, even ; a v small .• garden would beautify: the whole landscape... -.For;'instance, half.a dozen..cabbage trees and two' or. three: johutakawas .-would -improve'many :'n,-garden plot that' was' now almost "barren,',, and .the I cost ■'. would' be small. : As a result; however, f" eneral surroundings of the city would in time ■ e made really "attractive., :The Mayor was i particularly. pleased' : at the. way the' children ! interested- themselves in. the planting operations, and at ~the activity pf private citizens. The Reserves.Committee -of the council, with • Councillor: Luke as chairman, had devoted a ' great deal, of. time and attention to the beau-, tifying. -of the ; various reserves, Although a , good deal of planting had been, done on Wednesday, it .was .l)y„. po, means, completed, and for probably two months the unemployed and members of the corporation staff would.be engaged planting in'holes already made. "At. the, same time," added the Mayor/ "there is no reason why.; citizens should not' continue: any private, planting. Every little helps." '< '. Dr. Newman added that as a result of Mr. P...M. B. Fisher, M.P r , having pointed out that native bush is springing up again on ■certain jiart of the Tinakori ranges, the Reserves .Committee of the council intends visitjng the locality. ' The result would probably fee that the-council, would reserve the land at the back of Grant Road, where the bush was growing.' This part of the town belt' could be fenced and properly cared for, and in a few years. Wellington, mighty at a triflingt cost; have several "plots' of native' bush"•'almosr-' inthecity. Vi ,';; ;..'•' i'e