ROADSIDE TREES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18584, 19 December 1934, Page 5

ROADSIDE TREES

POWER AND ’PHONE LINES ASSURANCES GIVEN Assurances that roadside trees were not, cut down unless necessary were given by tho Post and Telegraph Department and the Poverty Bay Power Board in letters read at to-day’s meeting of the Cook County Council. These were replies lo protests made by the council nt what was believed to be unnecessary destruction of historic trees. 1

'l'ho telegraph engineer, Mr. E. Walpole, wrote:—“ln reference to your request in connection with the cutting of trees in the Gisborne district, it is desired to explain that each case is carefully considered before the actual felling of trees is decided upon, and assurance can be given that in no instances are trees removed unless this course is considered absolutely necessary.’’ The Power Board wrote: —“It has always been the hoard’s policy to give very careful consideration to the matter of tree cutting. Only trees which constitute a positive menace to the safety of the reticulation are dealt, with, and in all cases every effort is made to restrict the work to a minimum. The board recognises the ornamental value and the utility of trees in a district such as this, and wishes to assure you that, as in the past, every endeavor will be made to limit tree-cutting activities to work of an essential nature. The letters were ; jj?ceiv«d. 1