N.Z. PERPETUAL FORESTS

Grey River Argus, 23 September 1932, Page 6

N.Z. PERPETUAL FORESTS

FILM SHOWN AT TECHNICAL SCHOOL. Last evening an enthusiastic audience of over 150 adults and child ien at the Technical School viewed a film depicting the plantations, nurseries and works of the N.Z. Perpetual Forests, Ltd., in the North Island, and also p’ulp and paper mills in the forests of Canada. The film -was both interesting and instructive, showing the immense areas already planted. the methods of top-dressing, preparation of seed beds, planting, lining out of young frees, and transplanting into their permanent positions. After this the film illustrated the growth of the trees, year by year, and showed felling and logging methods, the cutting up and splitting of the wood, removal of the bark, grinding of the wood, treatment. in the digesters, and processes right through the handling on to ships and thence through the printing press. The Principal of the school, Mr R. McLaren, thanked Mr Smith for the very fine screening of such an educational and instructive film, -which he opined should be shown in ’every school in the Dominion. He was much surprised to see it was so interesting and instructive. One big problem facing boys passing through Technical Schools to-day was what to do, and this valuable industry is awaiting development, whicii must employ a gqodly number of men. Tho picture is a very interesting one and when shown next in Greymouth, people should book s-eatS in advance. With a view to letting everybody see the film, it will, in time, be shown from Karanica to the Fox Glaciers.