Methven Trotting Club
Sir,—l read that the Methven Trotting Club has not received approval from the Racing Authority to build a new stand. Is it any wonder? It must be the only stand built facing the south-west in New Zealand. Over a period of some 30 years of going to races I would give the prize to the Methven club for having, the roughest and coldest days of all clubs in the country, made up of rain, snow, cold southwesters and cold north-westers. Instead of wasting money on a new stand why don’t they approach the go-ahead Ashburton club and see if they could run their meeting on their course. I believe that both Methven and Hororata should go to Ashburton instead of wasting good money trying to prolong the life of their clubs when they know that it is only a matter of time with rising costs and falling profits that they will not be viable. — Yours, etc., NEIL BLACKBURN. February 10, 1982. [Mr T. C. Robertson, secretary, Methven Trotting Club, replies: “The correspondent will have seen from an article in ‘The Press’ on February 25 the club’s thoughts on the points he raises.”]
Importing aluminium
Sir,—l have been waiting for someone to comment on the importation of cheap aluminium (“The Press,” February 8). Apparently 2000 tonnes arrived at Auckland for Alcan, N.Z.. Ltd, from its parent company’s smelter in British Columbia, for a price cheaper than metal from Tiwai Point. According to the article, there have been changes to import licensing, allowing aluminium to be imported more freely. The article also stated that the world market is depressed. It is a strange situation. On the one hand, the powers-that-be are insisting that we need another smelter at Aramoana. On the other, are the people who are fighting to save Aramoana, retaining it as a wildlife sanctuary. Is it common sense to destroy part of our country, 'to manufacture an article that may sell overseas, and at the same time relax import requirements so that aluminium can be brought in from overseas, at a cheaper rate? — Yours, etc., E. WALTERS. February 24, 1982.
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