THE NATIVE BUSH
TO THE EDITOR. SIR— Personally I admire the native bush.'perhaps as much as any of your correspondents, but I think there is a place for everything, and that thing in its place " is a good motto, yie fire beyond Flagstaff and several fires which have occurred on Stoney, the hill between Opoho and Kavensbourne, have brought to my mind the idea that the existence of bush about a city «.very dangerous. The recent fire endangered one of the city's most valuable assets, viz the plantation of forest trees, but a fare in the Town Belt might cause the destruction of many of the finest residences in Dunedin. The Town Belt, in my opinion, should be made more accessible b> the clearing away of all undergrowth and by the substitution of grass amongst the trees. Thi s would make it park-like and more attractive as a resort for all. 11 some native trees depend for existence on having parasitical and dangerous growth at their feet, it will be well to replace them.-I am. FiRgT
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22710, 24 October 1935, Page 19
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176THE NATIVE BUSH Otago Daily Times, Issue 22710, 24 October 1935, Page 19
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