TIMBER ROYALTIES.
WESTLAND COUNTY’S PROTEST. HOKITIKA, July 22. The Westland County Council held a special meeting of protest last night against the report of the Royal Commission affecting timber royalties. It was resolved to convene a conference of West Coast counties at Greymouth on August 4, and to invite representatives of the Government and the Coast members of the Legislature to discuss the whole position. The opinion was expressed that the legal claims of local government were totally ignored by the report, which, if adopted, would have a disastrous result on the future revenue of local bodies. It is proposed to ask the Government to defer discussion on the report pending the conference, when general resolutions of local bodies will be formulated for consideration by Parliament. The North Island counties are being asked to cooperate in holding a conference of protest also.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3672, 29 July 1924, Page 32
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142TIMBER ROYALTIES. Otago Witness, Issue 3672, 29 July 1924, Page 32
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