A witness giving evidence before the Timber Commission in Wellington said that, unlike those of Australia, the. New Zealand trees did not revive after a fire. “Once,” he added, “a Now Zealand tree is scorched on the outside that tree is dead and useless for other than ordinary building timber.” Ho also stated that a grub attacked the scorched tree, but the living tree was exempt from the pest. The destruction of hush from Pahiatua to Maurieeyille had been tremcmidous.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2513, 28 May 1909, Page 5
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80Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2513, 28 May 1909, Page 5
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