DOMINION FOREST BEAUTY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19122, 17 September 1936, Page 5

DOMINION FOREST BEAUTY

PRESERVATION DESIRED WAIKAREMOANA PRAISED TOUR BY MINISTER (Per Press Association.) WAIROA, this day. The present Government intends to do all it can to preserve the remaining forest area in New Zealand, according to a statement made in Wairoa by the lion. W. E. Parry, the Minister of Internal Affairs.

The axe and fire stick had been used far too much in New Zealand, and as ti result thousands of acres of the most magnificent scenery had been ruined, said Mr. Parry. Many acres of country had been denuded ol growth, and as a result of that the country was being called upon to-day to spend hundreds of thousands oi pounds to clear rivers of silt sent down off the hills.

“Since I left Wellington, 1 have been elated with the spirit of the people I have met in the various districts I have visited,’’ said Air. Parry. SIGNS OF HAPPINESS Mr. Parry added that men working in the bush and the workers generally were a pleasure to meet. To-day they were all pleased and happy, and when ntfln showed their happiness in that manner, it was some compensation for the work that had been done on their behalf.

“It is a Godsend to meet people happy in their work,’’ added the Minister. “That is want we want, and what we ,aro trying to create in Now Zealand. We do not belong to any one section of the community. The duty of the Government is to see that the results of the labour of Unpeople are more equitably distributed than in the past.”

The Minister stated that the Government’s recent legislation had created a feeling of hope in the minds of the people, who were working to-day as thev had never worked before.

The Minister and his party arrived in Wairoa yesterday afternoon from Rotorua, having spent the night at Wniknromoana, where a breakdown with the car caused a delay in the arrival of the party here. The Minister was very enthusiastic about the scenery at Waiknrenioana, stating that lie was more convinced than ever that no country in the world could excel the Dominion for scenic beautv.