Support for petition
(From Our Own Reporter) GREYMOUTH, March 16. The Greymouth Borough Council will support the Canterbury Progress League in its campaign for the retention of a steamer express service between Lyttelton and Wellington.
The council will place petition lists in the council chambers and the municipal library. The Mayor (Mr O. H. Jackson) told a meeting of the council it seemed fair that people who wanted to protest against moves to scrap the service have the opportunity to express their views. Cr D. H. Copeland asked if the Progress League had any suggestions on how the service could make up its $3Jm annual loss.
“If the service is to be retained as a convenience ! who is going to pay?” he asked. . Cr D. Hardie said that the i matter should be reviewed ■ from a realistic angle, adding that the Picton ferry 7 and the [ airlines appeared to have the ( inter-island trade “well sewn up.”
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34104, 17 March 1976, Page 20
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156Support for petition Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34104, 17 March 1976, Page 20
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