MATAKANA ISLAND
ARREST OF SAND DRIFT [BY TELEGRAPH—OWN* CORRESPOND** 1 ! TAURANGA, Friday The following letter from Mr. Walker, instructor in agriculture) Puke, was read at a meeting of the Ta tt ranga Harbour Board: —'' ith reer ence to fine twitchy grass found 0 Matakana Island, during my rece® visit, I have to advise you that it® been identified as a native grass. W. it has no economic value on farm from a grazing point of view, it ® be regarded as a very desirable Jr of plant on Matakana Island, * , the arrest of sand drift is of param■ importance. On some future occ - I would be pleased to make a A visit to the island to study the gr . of this species and to note the ge progress of afforestation and sand reclamation. Your board's work 1S }) tainlv a step in the right direction. Mr. C. McNaughton said that pert who had visited Matakana reported that trees in the ®,. ase . Board's plantation were free of ciise
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22391, 11 April 1936, Page 8
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