Flitfire of pass for discussion
■A public meeting to discuss the future of the Lewis Pass region will be held at Murchison on March 1 by National Parks Authority representatives.
The meeting will be held at the Murchison District High School. The purpose of the meeting was to hear local views on the Lewis Pass region report before making a recommendation to the Minister of Lands (Mr V. S. Young) on the future status and administration of the area, said
the chairman of the authority (Mr N. S. Coad). The report was a study made by the . Department of : Lands and ■ Survey, which had examined the region’s resources and future. The freehold land was excluded.
The National Parks Act gave the authority the responsibility of . finding areas of national park status,and for making recommendations to the Minister. ’ However, the Government would make any decision. The report was only the initial investigation, Mr Coad said:
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