POISONING WILLOWS AT WAIWHETU
Sir, —"Why poison these 'trees and so render them dangerous for all time, while a otT the tree within a lew. inelvok : of the , .ground,.' The...trunk .qquUL. tlie.u»*be,. cut into lire wood, sold at say 7/6 per cord, at the stump, to householders (not the trade) ami the stump poisoned and Uien covered with soil and all danger to children, removed. . . ... ■ The money resultant, from the sale of the firewood would p;iy the whole cost., and the ghastly sight of row after row of decaying trees avo'idM. I commend this scheme to the powers that be.l am etc.. W. TOOMATH. ,
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Hutt News, Volume 15, Issue 36, 25 February 1942, Page 5
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104POISONING WILLOWS AT WAIWHETU Hutt News, Volume 15, Issue 36, 25 February 1942, Page 5
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