KEEPING THE BUSH

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 58, 10 March 1937, Page 10

KEEPING THE BUSH

(To the Editor.) Sir^—Probably the most beautiful spot in the neighbourhood of Wellington is Day's Bay, and its beauty is almost entirely owing to the native bush clothing the surrounding hills. When the bush goes the bay will have lost all its former charm, yet the trees are gradually disappearing. Every Saturday and Sunday the ring of the axe and the whine of the saw can be heard in all directions —residents and others cutting firewood. Recently two fine beech trees—their boles a foot.in diameter, were cut down. These trees were on the road, the property of the Hutt County Council, and presumably cut down with the council's consent. Nearby two magnificent hinau trees were also endangered. The hinau, when flowering;.is perhaps one of the most beautiful of our native trees. In addition these particular trees were overgrown with clematis and'in spring bore a glorious starry crown. These trees appear to be on private property so perhaps nothing can be done, but I trust these lines will draw attention to the need for preservation.—l am, etc., NATURE LOVER. [An official of the-Hutt County Council states that this local body is second to none in its endeavours to save the native bush from destruction. Consent is not given to fell trees standing on its property, except in exceptional circumstances, as when such trees are a danger.]