MINISTER’S VIEWS ON COBDEN LIE WORKS
It was desirable that he should make a decision on the application by M r G. L. Johnson to work lime deposits in the Cobden area without making a thorough investigation, stated the Minister of Lands, Mr C. F. Skinner, in a letter to the Buller Progress League. The Minister pointed out that a committee appointed by the Government had in . 1945 reported against the proposal. The Minister added that" he had requested a special report on the Whitecliffs area, and when it came to ■ hand he would be in a better position to consider the Cobden proposal in his position as Minister' of Lands. , , , The chairman, Mr L. Mockett, said that the committee referred to had come up against the same difficulties as the Buller farmers had encountered at the other end of the West Coast. It seemed that that opposition might prevent cheap lime being made available to the Buller. It was decided to await a report from Mr Skinner.'
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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 November 1947, Page 4
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