WHATAWKATA ROAD BUSK.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18771, 26 July 1924, Page 8

WHATAWKATA ROAD BUSK.

>■ ■ .— •«♦■ — ' ,' CONSERVATION MOVEMENT. ' LOCAL BODIES MUST ASSIST. I Tby TELEGKAPfI:.—own cobhespondent.] " ,f ■"■■'.:■'■■. f WELLINGTON. Friday. '" r In answer to: representations made on -fci-j 1 behalf of the Hairiilton Beautifying Society i and the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, ,4 - relative to the conservation of the native bush along the Whatawhata Road. Mr. i J." A'. Young, M.P., has received a letter - - .V , from the Hon. A. D. McLeod, Minister ,-I r for Lands, stating that the laud in quest tion is part of the Auckland University .V . College endowment, and is leased for pas- . toral purposes. . • ; 'The acquisition of,the land under tho |! . Scenery Preservation Act'has been undbr r consideration," states the Minister, "but I as the cost of acquisition would not be, ' less than £800, and would probably be ■ • vers' much mora, it is doubtful, in View of the heavy and pressing demands upon < the financial ireiaources of the ; V whether any action" can be taken, unless : ' the.-local bodies interested are prepared to ftiake substantial contributions towalrd assisting in the purchase. In the mean- - ■ j time I have ■no power to interfere with jfl.the tenant/s action in dealing with; the '!'holding.". . -"v',;:/:? , ', . ;i .The Minister added that he would be glad to consider the matter further if the .. ■ 1 local' authorities could see their way to* assist in the acquisition of the land. ■ 1 ,'■-■• --• _- ■■■■ . "•-■ _