Country women protest

Press, 22 July 1976, Page 2

Country women protest

PA Wellington Country women have [voted to protest strongly to the Minister of Electricity i(Mr Holland) against any [plan to install nuclear power [plants before all other [sources of power have been investigated. The 800 delegates of the (Dominion Federation ot [Country Women’s Institutes [debated the topic during the ■ first day of their three-day

t annual meeting in Wellington yesterday. They’ repi .'.sent nearly , 29.000 country women. One woman suggested that the scientists would be able ’ to provide all future power ‘ needs by using methane gas r from agricultural products, 1 including grass, from 4 per cent of the agricultural land s now in use. I. "Only God could write the >1 insurance policy on nuclear ejpower,” one delegate said. fl Some felt the decisions

■ should be left to the people most informed. ! Some women urged the [options must be left for the t next generation, while one 2 delegate compared "nuclear ■ mania” with “beatlemania.” 5 “We do not want to die , for the want of electricity,” r she said. i Today the women will consider remits on jury ser- > vice for rural women, r bicycle registration, and the use of propellants in aerosol s cans.