DESTRUCTION OF WILLOWS.
At a roeenst nicethig of the River Board it was reported that consideraJble dajxiago vras being done, to the BoaTdL'a young wiUows recently .planted along the river bank by thoughtless person.3 who delifbera'tcly pulled them up and threw thgm, into the river. People wiho praeitiee this methdd of vandalism are either ignorant of the value of these plantations to the district or they arp deliberately destnu&tive and if «aught •Tvould deserve to be severely ". dealt with by the laav. The -work that the board has undertaken in planting these willows is for t3ie purpose of preventing the river from breaking through its banks and thus endangering the safety of the whole valley. V " ''.'.''
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Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 22, 23 October 1930, Page 3
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