Fund to fight milling?
Greymouth reporter A special rate levy has been proposed to oppose gold mining on the West Coast. • ' ■ ' ' ' ’ ■
The Westland Conservation and Development Association, which is pp- j posed to large-scale mineral 1 mining in the Grey Valley, ( will ask the Inangahua and ; Grey County councillors tp ’ apply a special rate over ’ areas subject to mining ap- ] plications to raise funds to 1 oppose the mining. ' More than 30 people at a ■ public meeting in Ahaura j this week unanimously agreed to seek an equitable rate. 1 The publicity officer of i the association, Mr W. Sav- i age, said the meeting thought that it would be the ’ fairest way of apportioning ! the cost. .'1
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Press, 19 April 1980, Page 2
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