THE WAIMARINO FOREST.
Not So Much Totara as Expected.
When agitation was afoot for carrying on the North Island Trunk Railway much was made of the enormous forest of totara timber which, it was said, was so enormous that it would virtually pay for the line. The other day, however, when interviewed, the Minister for Public Works said:—" I was a little disappointed with the timber. There has been a general impression that the forest consisted very largely of totara. My observations do not bear this out. We saw some excellent totara for some few miles beyond Piriaka. With it there was found matai, kabikateo, rimu, miro, maira, tawa, etc. Further on the totara generally fell off, and other timbers put in an appearance. On the Waimarino plateau we saw silver pine, cedar (kawaka, or lipus cedrus bidwillii), and bircn.. There was some splendid cedar, which should be a good marketable timber. North of Waimarino this timber is quite untouched. Coming off the plateau and nearing Waione, after crossing the Mangaturituri, there is a great deal of puro birch."
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7500, 1 July 1903, Page 3
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179THE WAIMARINO FOREST. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7500, 1 July 1903, Page 3
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