FOREST PRESERVATION.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 248, 17 September 1936, Page 9

FOREST PRESERVATION.

GOVERNMENT’S INTEREST

SPOLIATION TOO EXTENDED,

Per Press Association. WAIROA, Sept. 17. The present Government intends to do all it can to preserve the 'remaining forest areas of New Zealand, according to a statement made here by Hon. W. E. Parry. The axe and fire stick had been used far too much ill New Zealand, and as a result thousands of acres of the most magnificent scenery had been ruined. Many acres of country had been denuded of growth and as a result of that the country was being called upon to-day to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds to clear the rivers of silt sent down off tlie hills. “Since I have left Wellington I have been elated with the spirit of the people T have met in the various districts I have visited,” Mr Parry said. Mr Parry added that men working in the bush, and workers generally, were a pleasure to meet. To-day they were all pleased and happy, and when men showed their happiness in that manner it was some compensation for the work that had been done on thXr behalf. “ft is a God-send to meet people happy in their work,” added the Minister. “That is what we want, and what we are trying to create in New Zealand. We do not belong to any one section of the community; the duty of the Government is to see that the results of the labour of the people are more equitably distributed than in the past.” , The Minister stated that the Government’s recent legislation had created a feeling of hope in tile minds of the people, who were working to-day as they had never worked before. The Minister and his party arrived at Wairoa yesterday afternoon from Rotorua, having spent the night at Waikaremoana, where a breakdown with the car caused a delay in arriving here.. The Minister was very enthusiastic about the scenery at Waikaremoana, stating that he was more convinced than ever that no country in the world could excel the Dominion for scenic beauty.