SCHOOL ARBOR DAY OBSERVANCE

Mataura Ensign, 22 July 1909, Page 4

SCHOOL ARBOR DAY OBSERVANCE

l.'llfl IST('HURCH, July 21. The majority of the town schools observed Aj'bor Day to-day, though inditforent weather interfered with the iirrangcmcnls which had been made 111111 divested tlie• proceeding*of ilie loriiiality Avlhch othcrwise heen At Ilie school tlie grounds had in previous years heen planted with Idle maximum ol' trees eoiiwi.'itent with safevy and ntilily, hut in some cases additions made. I'hore were no assend.»lae<\> of -eliool ehildren and eonnnitteoinen, hut su) (icirnt guarantees were Vven that the fivit* provide<l would 1)" planted j«nd their ehanee. In sotue ol" the schools ![jp lesstms of the previou.s day lmd dealt willi Arl>or Day, its meaning and ohjretc, jhicl tin* pupils weiv some ih(M">retieal iuf-tnir- • iou on how to plant trees.