Minister Criticises Waipoua Committee
(Special) WELLINGTON. This Da,. The Waipoim Kauri Forest Preservation Committee dicl not know what it was talking about, the Commissioner of State Forests (Mr Skinner) slatet. today. Just how far oil' the track it was was revealed, he said, by the fact that the committee wanted to set aside a large area of exotics and about .8000 acres covered with scrub. All the reports emphasised the divergence of opinion existing among "these enthusiasts who have their own theories about the preservation of Waipoua." Mr Skinner said he would be visiting' the forest on March 13, and after discussing the whole question with ail interested parties who cared to attend, he proposed to give a full statement of Government policy. At Auckland tomorrow he expected to receive a deputation from shipbuilders who desired him to make more kauri available. “As the only sound kauri milled today is being used for vat and churnmaking and for boat-building v it can be seen that the timber is not being used extravagantly in any way,” he added.
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Northern Advocate, 1 March 1947, Page 2
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