Coromandel mining
Sir,—l did not “reject a balanced approach towards mining in the Coromandel,” as R. A. Smitham asserts (“The Press,” January 7). I pointed out that the Forest Service officer mentioned in your article lacked that approach. Of course I favour much use of natural resources “provided that proper environmental safeguards are — who
does not? R. A. Smitham’s proper safeguards, however, may not be mine. Gold mining is not as lucrative for the taxpayer as Mr Smitham supposes. Importing vast amounts of heavy machinery drains overseas funds. Productive farmland is destroyed. Mining companies are experts at working sharp deals and keeping most profits for themselves. How else are they so rich? They are also highly irresponsible landusers unless carefully watched. Like Mr Smitham, I am prepared to pay a proper price for progress. But destroying good farmland, peaceful bush and a way of life for metal bars and little economic benefit is seldom progress. — Yours, etc., (Miss) L. T. TAYLOR. January 29, 1986.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19860204.2.133.8
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Press, 4 February 1986, Page 20
Word count
Tapeke kupu
164Coromandel mining Press, 4 February 1986, Page 20
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
Ngā mihi
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in