FORESTS OF THE EMPIRE

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 96, 14 July 1927, Page 15

FORESTS OF THE EMPIRE

BIG SCHEMES AFOOT AFRICA AND NEW ZEALAND British "Wireless—Press Assn*—Copyright RUGBY, Tuesday. Mr. W. G. Ormsby-Gore, Parliamentary Secretary to the Dominions, stated in the House of Commons today that the percentage of timber imported into Britain from Empire sources was, on the basis of value, 28.6 per cent, in the case of hardwood, and 5.7 per cent, in soft wood. Government afforesation schemes were now in operation providing for the planting of 10,000 acres in New Zealand and South Africa respectively, while considerable areas in those Dominions were being planted by private enterprise, the object being to make those Dominions less dependent on imports.—A. and N.Z.

Easier emigration and the higher wages offered for farm labour are two of the main causes of recruiting for the British Army in agricultural districts showing a lower return. With a brilliant green. hood, blue leather upholstery, and a body painted in red and gold stripes, a new' car has bf-en built in England for the Emir of Kano, a Nigerian chief.