MUTILATION OF TREES.
Sir,— the time has arrived for tho public to protest against the mutilation of wayside trees is evidenced by the ruthless manner tho employees erecting the electric light wires have attacked the trees in St. Stephen's Avenue, Parnell. It is well known that if limbs are cut off close to the trunk the tree commences to repair the wound by covering it with new bark, which process may be seen from Princes Street side of the Governor's residence. A walk from Gladstone Road to Bridgewater Road will reveal trees with their mutilated limbs held out in mute appeal to the passers-by, while others, cut off about two feet from the trunks, are left with splintered ends, as a happy hunting ground for the borer for years to come. When I saw a workman sawing at a branch—weighing about half a ton— out making an undercut to facilitate » clean break, I thought it veriued the old saying that " A fool can cut a tree down that has taken Nature fifty years to grow." Parnell. F. FuiXHl.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16214, 27 April 1916, Page 9
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178MUTILATION OF TREES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16214, 27 April 1916, Page 9
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