MOTU BUSH LAND
ROUGH FOR SOLDIERS
" Some months ago a deputation from Matawai waited on the Wai- . kohu County Council and asked that body to request the Minister of Lands to have a large area of forest reserve lying on the Opotiki. county boundary between Matawai and Motuhora opened for selection by.returned soldiers The deputation consisted of practical farmers, all men used to bush country and some at least *Ssf whom had freauently been on • the block in question in search of cattle or pigs. They assured ' the council that the block consisted of country which would be worth developing and was sufficiently easy to carry grass A reply has - now been received from the minister stating that according to a report obtained by him this block consists of poor steep country intersected by gorges, cliffs'and precigp "pices, the whole being covered ~ by black birch with patches of tawainthe gullies and a few rough rimu trees on the steep 'Hillsides. ;The report adds -that if the bush;, is felled when the roots begin to rot the,whole face slips from the top of the range, leaving only rock. Residents, of the Matawai-say. this bush is '"well known as a harbour for wild and stray cattle.
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Te Puke Times, 20 July 1920, Page 3
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204MOTU BUSH LAND Te Puke Times, 20 July 1920, Page 3
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