PETER FURSE, TAURANGA
The late Mr. Furse passed away suddenly while writing a letter at his desk on July 21st. A very kindly man, fond of children, he came to New Zealand as a child and subsequently entered the school-teaching profession, serving under the Otago, Nelson, and Auckland Education Boards. As a lover of native bush and a foundation member of the Tauranga Section of the Forest and Bird Protection Society, it was natural that his enthusiasm should influence the children he taught and that they would acquire an intense interest in our native plants and birds. In the issues of our magazine for November 1950 and August 1955 we published pictures supplied by Mr. Furse of the plantation of native trees established by the children of Greerton School. The President of the Society visited the plantation recently and found the growth of the natives quite astonishing, a fine memorial to a fine man.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 139, 1 February 1961, Page 15
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