“LAND OF OPPORTUNITY”

Feilding Star, Volume 7, Issue 2243, 26 June 1929, Page 4

“LAND OF OPPORTUNITY”

AMERICAN VIEW OF DOMINION | “\Ve are winding up a four-year tour of thgi world with a visit to New

Zealand,” sakl Dr. Job. Taylor, of iSout-h Carolina, America,, as h© and Airs Taylor stepped ashore from th© Ulimaroa on its arrival from Sydney

in Wellington yesterday, “We have just completed a visit to Australia, and from what we have seen there consider it is a land of opportunity. That includes New Zealand, because its people are the same; they are white in colour, arc not hound down by custom and tradition, and forging .ahead in a. creative way.”

Dr. Taylor is interested in the development of afforestation as far as it concerns the manufacture of krnit paper-brown wrapping paper—out of quick growing pines. He said this paper was formerly made out of Itemlock or spruce. The spruce, however, took 100 to 150 years to grow, whereas ti)-«© pine only required 15 to 20 years to* reach a stage, when it could he used. He considered pines to he admirably suited for growing on sand duties and lands not very productive for anything else. “Newspaper print can he made opt of the pine.” he said, in answer to a question. “It makes a, brownish paper, however, but can be bleached white.” Dr. and Mrs Taylor will leave for

the north to-day. They intend to include Rotorua in fl!eir itenerary, sailing for Vancouver early next month.