WHARE FLAT.
August 10.— The 4th of August was celebrated in our district, as in other parts of the country, as Arbor Day. Our teacher, Miss Kinder, and all her scholars turned out and planted a good many trees of ditfereut varieties in a very garden-like manner, planting them firmly in the ground and , in straight rows around the school grounds. Imagine, then, the disappointment of both teacher and scholars on coming down next morning to find all the trees they had planted pulled out of the ground, the roots carefully cut off, tied up in bundles, and fixed on to the school door. I hope the school committee will bo successful in bringing the miscreant who perpetrated the outrage tq' justice, as he has left a small mark of identifica: tion, as is the case with most criminals. I see by' the speech made by our friend Dr Stuart at the celebration of Arbor Day in Dunedin that he wo,s a lover of trees and loved to see them growing, but our friend at Whare Flat must be a hater of trees and hate to sec them growing. I trust therefore that justice will not fail to award to him the punishment he so richly deserves.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2008, 18 August 1892, Page 21
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207WHARE FLAT. Otago Witness, Issue 2008, 18 August 1892, Page 21
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