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; You printed a Doom on behalf of | "Waipoua" by Wally Hales. The sight of thousands of | WAIPOUA square miles of forREPLIES cst wantonly de- ! stroyed in the past l forces me also to burst into doggerel. .Farewell, Wally! Though ’twere folly ™ youth to walk where age has trod. ! Still, those who live in kauri mansions £y re scarce the ones to wield the rod. The men who live in spotless kauri, Those who burnt and chopped and slew, ■Wrf J know your thoughts towards me Who have ruined the land I knew. The Northland hills stand stark uncovered Where once the glorious forest grew. Mans need today is greater far Than ever earlier wantons knew, farewell. Wally! I must thank thee for your tears which flow so free. And the mercy that you show me As they burn another tree. —“A FARMER AGAIN."
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Northern Advocate, 15 March 1947, Page 4
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