ARBOR DAY

New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24034, 4 August 1941, Page 8

ARBOR DAY

PLANTING OF TREES CEREMONIES ON' WEDNESDAY About 200 trees will ho p| Mled . tiie garden of remembrance at Basting Point in honour of the late Rt. Hn M. J. Savage on Arbor Dav 1 alls on Wednesday. The ceremony U been arranged by the City Council which will ultimately be responsible the upkeep of the park, and other p, lb he bodies and organisations will | je ren resented. The Minister of Intern,! Affairs, the Hon. W. K. Parrv if"? peeted to represent the Government Ihe ceremony will commence at 11 a „ It was pointed out by the town cleVv Mr. J Mel ling, that most of the gS at Bastion Point was at preset very muddy, and there was only enoueh ground available to plant 'the *>no trees. It was intended later, as mora ground was ready, to hold a further gathering, when schoolchildren, friend? of Mr. Savage and members of tk Government who are unable to atWI on Wednesday will be asked to take part in a more extensive tree-planting plan ° the 200 trees to be planted on Wednesday, six are Australian species to commemorate the count™ n f Mr. Savage's birth, the rem£de being natives of New Zealand. No tree-planting ceremony will be held by schoolchildren m the Domain this year, but the City Council has offered to supply trees to those schools which wish to plant them in their grounds._ A total of 170 trees will be planted in a special reserve at Sturm Park, Otahuhu, on Wednesday, andTe Borough Council has invited wives and mothers of men serving overseas with the forces, and the next-of-kin of men who have lost their lives, each to plant a commemorative tree A ceremony will be held at the Otahu'hu Tech. nieai High School, where the grounds comprise over iiO acres, and it ij intended to include the planting or Spanish oaks. *

Few suburban local bodies are c officially recognising Arbor Dav, bat ceremonies will be held at Devonport