ANOTHER BEAUTY SPOT.

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 March 1911, Page 3

ANOTHER BEAUTY SPOT.

TELEGRAMS.

IMPROVEMENTS ROUND LAKE

SARAH.

[BY TELEGRAPH —SPECIAL TO THE STAB.]

CHRISTCHURCH, This Day, For some time Mr George Witty M.P., has been in« communication with the Minister of Lands, with a view of reserving and planting an area around Lake Sarah, at Grassmere, near the Cass, as a pleasure resort, and especially for the use of picnic parties from the city and elsewhere. M Witty describes the lake as a bautiful little expanse of water in an ideal setting, but some planting would be a great improvement. The member for Riccarton has just received the following letter from the acting Minister of Lands (the Hon. D. Buddo): "Referring again to your letter of January 23rd, regarding planting trees around Lake Sarah, the Commissioner of Lands reports that the lake lies wholly within the Canterbury College reserve, No. 1557, but there is a two chain reserve around part of the lake and this ai - ea is excluded from the title. It is considered that it would be all excellent thing from a scenic point of view to plant suitable trees around the lake, and the superintending nursery man for the South Island has been instructed to visit the lake and arrange for the planting of suitable trees, on the two chain reservation. The only difficulty appears to be that we will have to go to the expense of fencing in the reservation as otherwise the trees would soon be destroyed by cattle and sheep."