From an American Member

Forest and Bird, Issue 92, 1 May 1949, Page 11

From an American Member

MISS CATHERINE A. HURLBUTT, of Denver, U.S.A., an Endowment member of the Society, after having heard a lecture on New Zealand by Miss Bathie Stuart, writes to us: —

“I had never realised before that New Zealand has so many high, snow-covered mountains, and was surprised to see them rising up from sea level, with fiords of the sea between them, like pictures I have seen of Norway ....

“This was the first motion picture dealing entirely with New Zealand that has been shown on this museum series, and everyone

went away much impressed with their introduction to your beautiful country. For my own part, I felt very thankful to realise that your organization was formed with the purpose in mind of preserving all that beauty and New Zealand’s unique wildlife. It is a tragedy that in the past so many countries and continents possessing the greatest natural wealth and resources have been exploited and their natural treasures permanently damaged or even destroyed as civilization moved into those areas, before the people as a whole got over the idea that their wildlife and natural resources were inexhaustible.”