TOURIST LEAGUE
UGLY SHACKS DEPLORED
At a meeting of tho New Zealand Tourist League on Saturday, over which Mr. G. M. Fowlds presided, control of the building of shacks around Lake Waikareinoana was urged. Mr. G. Finn remarked that sbacks were olten as big a disfigurement of tho landscape as hoardings. Tho chairman said that during a visit to the Lake last year he noticed that the Lands Department bad set aside a small bay as a camping area, but some definite policy should be adopted in tho matter. Tho bush extended to the lake edge in most directions and there was always the risk of fire.
The value of bushland scenery, was emphasised by Mr. H. A. Johnston, who said that many overseas visitors made inquiries about tho Waipoua kauri forest. The meeting expressed the opinion that the forest should bo reserved as a scenic asset and that if any timber trees were removed only the experts of the Forestry Department, acting in conjunction with tourist interests, should act.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21345, 21 November 1932, Page 10
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