Noxious Weeds

Te Puke Times, 20 September 1932, Page 3

Noxious Weeds

Government Departments Criticised The vexed question of the clearing of noxious weeds was broached at the last meeting of the Rotorua County Council by Cr A. L. Keith, who said that it was not a fair thing that the various departments responsible should allow the owners of derelict sections td let noxious'weeds such as gorse, broom and blackberry, grow without hindrance right up to the boundaries of sections owned by farmers who made a genuine attempt to clear their sections,. , * Cr Keith gave instances wherf? in his own case he had done bis best to keep his country clean, whereas Government sections alongside him were absolute seedbeds of noxious weeds. , The chairman said that the_ matter of seeing that the proper-’ ties were cleared was the duty of the stook inspector, Who sent out the notices. He also gave instances where work had been done which qras absolutely valueless. Cr Keith said that the council should go further and bring the matter forcibly to the notice of the Minister for Native Affairs, as hiS department was largely responsible for the state of the sections. As things were the seed of ragwort and other weeds blew down from the high country and falling'on clean. European lands infested them with weeds. Copies of the letter are to be sent to all the Ministers in charge of the departments concerned.— Rotorua Post. 1