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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18960, 6 January 1930, Page 6

A message from the commander of H.M.S. Dunedin was broadcast by radio shortly after 9 p.m. yesterday ordering all men from that vessel who are on Christmas leave to return immediately. Much attention lias been given by j visitors to the Wellington Botanical ' Gardens to several fine specimens of cork trees, which are to be*found beside a moss-grown little path, states the Post. The cork has proved such an attraction to owners of pocket knives that large portions have been cut away, revealing a thickness of about two inches of cork on the largest tree. The cork tree, which comes from Southern Europe, belongs to the oak family, and its botanical name is Quercus suber It grows to a height of about twentvfive feet, and has a small acorn, which projects only slightly from its cup. The thick bark is the source of commercial cork, and the cork tree there fore maintains a large industrw J