WEST COAST GRIEVANCES.
DEAR LOAF AND LACK OF ACCESS. [Nt TELEGB.irn — ruEss • association.] ITEEFTON, This Day. A representative and hugely, attended mealing, called by the county chairman, passed strong lencluticns condemning the slow progiess made by tho C!oveiinient in connection with the RcsftonAVcstport Rs.ii v/ay, considering the rich country and the aurifoiOi;n bolt passed through ; calling on the AVestpoit bodice to support more strenuous efio'ts to push on ths railway: also, (.illins on the Gn-vei.-imeiil, to complete the Msirri.i ir.-flic road to the hot springs, thus giving ;<icess to a great sanatorium en the AVest Coast, opening up an auriferous aid open pafioiai lanci, and providing communication between tho East a>id the AA'ost Coast-.. _ Tho me?ting also resolved io ask th(Jo"crnmont to instituto a national grant for the protection of consumers. Tho price of bread in Reefton ii cightnenco psr loaf cash. Back in the mining camps, where it is 1 the staplo diet, the price- is nineyence.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 129, 1 June 1907, Page 6
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158WEST COAST GRIEVANCES. Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 129, 1 June 1907, Page 6
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