EMPIRE FORESTRY
OVERSEA. DELEGATES’ VISIT TO ROTORUA. (Press Association.) ROTORUA, Oct. IS. ' The Empire Forestry delegation left at 4.30 p.m. for, Auckland. Lord Clinton expressed himself as debghted with what ho described as the best national work he bad seen. Other members were equally impressed. 'Yesterday' morning a session was held at which .an all-round discussion took place cn exotic timbers, planting and usage, and on the work done in. New Zealand. Every speaker was_ emphatic as to its excellence, • Some members visited Mamaku and inspected the steel mill, where operations were in full .swing, afterwards going on a*- bush, tram six miles to virgin bush, where stationary log haulers were working. In spite of pouring rain the visit was grqntly enjoyed. . Another party visited the Whakn State nurseries. They were escorted over the nurseries where seeding was in ' progress, and two-year-old plants ' Were being lifted for transplantation. : Sir Francis Bell and Sir Heaton 1 Rhodes accompanied the party ' on. their departure. The Mayor and 'councillors bade them farewell.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10721, 19 October 1928, Page 2
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