THE BOWEN FALLS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19032, 1 June 1925, Page 7

THE BOWEN FALLS.

Sir, —Mr. Orchiston, ostensibly acquiescing m my demand tor jiuUio intarnation re tho proposed de.ieenitiou oi t lie beautitul liowen, tenders an imposing mass ol technicalities, which, to tiie Jay mind, is about as illuminating x> an equivalent bulk of chemical fyrmuiue would be. Let me hern assure Mr, Orchision that, camouflage !i«s never .so cleverly, the thinking public o-f • Now..2esJaud will be the final arbiters of the Jnte of their CWII priceless heritage! Quoting .from Mr, Orchiston of 15th ult., he says, "I was not aware that the operations of the company were to include quarrying and mining." And again, quoting from Herald of 25th ult., "All that is required is cheap power, air, water and limestone, combined with transport facilities. All these conditions aro obtainable in the Sounds!" I ask Sir. Orchiston, hcrw does lie reconcile these two diametrically opposed statements ? If he is not going to quarry or mine, by what process does lie propose procuring tho necessary limestone ? Transportationof tho limestone to tho furnaces necessitates laying of tram lines with its attendant destruction of the bosh in iis i line of operations, and who is to say that, vandalism will end there ? The falls, tho bush, the rocks, tho susceptibilities of hundreds of thousands of poop' o whom Mr. Orchiston dubs "Little New Zeala-flders," present and future—nothing will bo spared in the materialistic pursuit of profit. IvAuro.