ARBOR DAY
IMPORTANCE OF TREES
The value of tree-planting as : a means of checking erosion was referred to last evening by the Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr. Parry) when urging a practical observance of Arbor Day on August 5. The maintenance of prosperity for the Dominion demanded the safeguarding of certain areas of protective forests and the replanting of certain denuded areas.
The. Minister : also commended the movement for the planting of trees as memorials to New .Zealanders. who had made the supreme sacrifice "in the world's greatest fight,;for freedom."' In addition, trees could be planted in commemoration of events; there was no limit to memorial plantings.
"I was pleased to read some time ago," Mr. Parry added, "that an ardent tree-lover had urged the planting of suitable native trees after the war in localities overseas hallowed by the sacrifice of New Zealand's soldiers, sailors, airmen, and nurses. I feel that in due course the suggestion will receive deserved and proper attention. For example, pohutukawas ''. would flourish on the coast of Greece and on Crete, and, in.the summer, their crimson standards would be indeed a vivid reminder of the price paid for the saying of liberty."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 28, 1 August 1942, Page 6
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196ARBOR DAY Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 28, 1 August 1942, Page 6
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