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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 16 July 1915, Page 5

Tho scarcity of dwellings, in Mastortohi is clcarlv demonstrated by tho number of families who hr,e. Tin able to procure houses, and are living in-'rooms (says tho "Wairarapa Times,") In onp s,oyon;r<jQm<ed- House in tho' no' le^ss' 'than •four' families aro living. v ::('

At the request of Sir James Wilsp/i, the 'Council of ' *gaS T e it's attention t6 tho. tinker, ijtijinly 'question of the Dominion, the followiijg imotTon/ the "Realising tihnit tho provision of adequate supply of timber for'tho 'future requirements. o.f, this. Dominion is rioicossary, and inasmuch as it is estimated 'that at least 50p,Q00, to 700000 acres should- be in a commercial forest to allow a sufficient area to bo cut annually, this conference would urge the; Governjnent_ -to set a-sido a suitable arpa of : pcor'lKJjd and to mailjte it ah inalienable reserve, for ithe miVribse of .growingtimber;" ■SfivJTi O. N. Grieg, who,' cjJ.'Sir fJames Wilsbn. moved' th'e, rksplutlonV snidl. that at the rato'* 'timber was 'being cut' it •would! soon: bo a, trenlendOua price *unless. strips ■wei'e* taken to sef/ aside, 'ber-growing" areas'. 'Only ;ppor Igttdi' W%a srenulred> 'provided it ha-fl 'a, £po*T raW. falf "'-- : -' ""' ' -■''■ ■ «- r »' 7k -"'.-.-