NORTHLAND FORESTS
Comment On “Heedless Butchery” By Telegraph—Press Association. WIIANGAREI, February 22. Sitting on cr log at the edge of the vast Piiketi Forest, probably the largest remaining stand of kauri timber in the country, yesterday afternoon, the Minister of I’iiblic Works, Mr. Semple, spoke of what lie termed “tlie heedless butchery” of Northland’s forests and likened it to comic opera mining where rich natural wealth was despoiled in order to grab 30 per cent, of the easiets production. Referring to the Forestry Department’s announcement of the intention to remove mature dry trees each year, Mr. Semple emphasized that the strictest care would be observed by 'the department. The forest might he improved without affecting the scenic value, but harvesting must not be allowed to interfere with a great natural heritage.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 128, 23 February 1939, Page 10
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131NORTHLAND FORESTS Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 128, 23 February 1939, Page 10
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