Government Asked About Plans For Murupara Forest
“Just what are the Government’s intentions concerning the vast forest at Murupara?” asked Mr P. Kearins (Opposition;—Waimarino) in the House of Representatives. He said that millions of pounds worth of prospective exports were overready for development.
“Time is not on our side in making a start in the use of these great timber resources,” continued Mr Kearins. If the Labour Government had been returned Murupara would have been a No. 1 priority, apart from hydro-electric development. Labour’s plans had been to make it a State enterprise. Mr Kearins asked if the Government intended to do nothing with the Kaingaroa Forest, so that the private monopolies already working in the exotic timber industry might have an unrestricted market for their products. Was it a fact that these concerns were afraid of competition with either Government or, private enterprise at Murupara? He was not very worried., whether it was to be a State or a private enterprise; his concern was that the forest be used in the interests of the people of New Zealand. It was only fair that the Minister of Forests should give a clear statement of the Government’s policy
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BPB19500918.2.14
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 97, 18 September 1950, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
197Government Asked About Plans For Murupara Forest Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 97, 18 September 1950, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Beacon Printing and Publishing Company is the copyright owner for the Bay of Plenty Beacon. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Beacon Printing and Publishing Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in