A GOLDFIELDS QUESTION.
V.. . Auckland, November 2. Tho damarjo occasioned to land by tho lilting"..up of U'.e Thames and Ohiiieimiri •ive'rs was a suiiicct for strong protest liy the jxeciltivo committee of the Farmers' Union io-day, members stating that the farmers tvhoßß land was affected were being l almost completely ruined. The Government, it was complained, allowed the deposit of mining tailings-to still on, and would do nothing to help. The Minister lor Lands was known to be of opinion that tho deposit of'tailings should be stopped, but the Hon.: J. M'Gowan, Minister for Mines, was opposed to that. It Was ;rcsolvcd to forward a 'strong protest to tho Government, requesting'." that tho matter should bo treated as', urgent, and dealt with this session.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 34, 4 November 1907, Page 5
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124A GOLDFIELDS QUESTION. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 34, 4 November 1907, Page 5
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