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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12726, 22 August 1919, Page 4

The new scenic reserve at Knituna Valley, which is to be opened officially at 12;3Q p.m. to-morrow, is said to contain quite the finest native bush in Banks Peninsula, and embraces some 400 actes of land which, with the exception of' a ■ well-formed road giving access, is in its original state, as it was left after the great upheaval which brought the peninsula hills into being. There is some very big timber in the lush, including a giant “old man*’ pin*, eleven feet in diameter. The reserve includes the deepest and widest 1 valley in. the Peninsula, and the bush i spreads over no fewer than seven gullies. Many native birds make their habitat there, and it is expected that the reserve will become a very popular picnic resort;- . Over a thousand invitations have been issued for to-morrow’s opening ceremony by the Summit Hoad . bcenic Reserves Board. “ This magazine looks rather the worse for wear.” “ Yes. It’s the one I lend to the servant on Sundays.” “ Doesn’t she get tired of always having the same one P” ‘‘Not at all. You see, -although it’s the same book, it’s always a different servant.”