ARBOR DAY

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2201, 14 July 1914, Page 5

ARBOR DAY

." OFFICIAL TREE PLANTING. ••To-morrow is-'Arbor Day, when all the world is expected to think of trees,, and the blessings they are to mankind,mid it they cannot-plant one, they should tend those already planted. The ■interest m Arbor Day in Wellington :is somewhat fitful, but witli a; Municipal • Forester to look after the trees planted on Arbov Day, there is a much surer return for the work done than was the case when no one cared what happened between times. . At 10.30 a.m. 1 to-morrow there .is to'be a, little ceremony on thd Town Belt at the end of Mem Street, where a tree-planting party . will be; headed by the Mayor and Mrs. Luke. ■ Some .of/the schools aro also, to nnprovo the, hour 1 by planting , on, favoured,spots. near their.schools trees that- are being provided by the City . Council. . ■ Tho school . of Eastbourne will plant trees in Makara Road, and tho Mayor and councillors of Eastbourno will meet on the County Road (opposite Mr. Cameron's),' tliero to •ifivide .up into suitable working parties. . : / /'For some timo past-the City .Council :has been ,in the habit'' of leasing areas of ,the Town Belt for grazing purposes. 'As the tenants in nearly every ,ca3e have allowed tho land to becotfie gorse-grown ahd|-less 'and less valuable'to anyone, the policy of • the future, it is staged, will,be that the leases will not be :renowed as ,they fall in. The grazing areas will be placed in charge of an official, who will allow stock to be depastured, collect tho fees and keep down the gorse,; 'This attention will give the trees - a chance to thrive.