DURABILITY OF RATA
A good illustration of the durability of rata trees, left aa a forlorn reminder of the one-time glory of .bush oover, exists on the northern slopes of .the Karori hills, near Wellington. The lesser bush in this locality was felled and burnt some forty years ago, the tough old giant ratas being avoided as too heavy a proposition for the axemen. Though showing - signs of' decay,i the great twisted trunks still raise broken and battered arms skyward in mute appeal against tho vandalism of man. Tho ground from which they spring is reduced to rock and rubble by the elements, and has .become a desert use-' less to man or beast.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 3, 4 July 1922, Page 3
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114DURABILITY OF RATA Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 3, 4 July 1922, Page 3
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