Beautifying Rarotonga
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lESIDENT Commissioner G. • Nevill convened a public meet- I in Raratonga on December 4 to icuss ways and means of beautify £ the island’s roads, villages and iterfront.
It was decided, as a first move, to list the co-operation of schools, iblic bodies and residents in large ale tree plantings on eroded parts the coast-line which the island’s -mile encircling road closely fol ws.
The Department of Agriculture II provide suitable shrubs and trees soon as they are ready for plant g-out. The virtues of the iron sod tree for coastal plantings was tiphasised, and many self-sown iron sod plants are available along the •uth coast for immediate planting.