PUBLIC WARNED TO PREVENT FIRES IN STATE FOREST AREAS

Wanganui Chronicle, 23 December 1949, Page 6

PUBLIC WARNED TO PREVENT FIRES IN STATE FOREST AREAS

I I W xI.LTNGTON. Last Ni.<nt (PA).— I "Although weather conditions over 1 Lie holiday season cannot be predicted said the Commissioner of State For- : ests, Mr. Corbett, today, it is certain : many localities will be the subject of considerable lire risk, and if the I Dominion wide dry conditions exist I this risk will be accentuated. By risk of tire I mean simply that a cigarette I butt flicked out of a car window, a ; lighted match dropped on the ground, | or a billy fire left burning may start ■ a forest fire, endangering life and ! property. I My forest officers have told me that | year by year the public is showing I greater awareness of fire risk and co- , operating more fully in the campaign ' to save New Zealand’s native forests ' and exolic plantations.” ; "During my term of office I am i looking forward to an even greater • spirit of co-operation by the public in protecting our forests and am hoping it will be possible for greater recreational use to be made of our glorious mountain forests.”