GOLD MINING IN NEW ZEALAND
There is evidently a spreading inter- ' est being taken in tlie gold mining in'dustry when one reads about the activities of other centres in ‘the matter. . It is only for the Government to turn their attention to the wonderful assets New Zealand has in lier mineral -wealth. Records are on hand wherein ' are the besi authorities on the minerals ’• discovered and the localities are mentioned, and these can be used, as a; ' guide, and if the Government is backed up by the local bodies much use could be made of the unemployed, at e- same. time, proving our resources. ?? Tiie gold question is causing a move • being taken in other parts of the .world. In South Africa at the last /triennial congress of the Mining Metallurgical Society, Lord Athlone presid,ipg, welcomed the United -States delegation and regretted the absence of tllb Australians, who would arrive lattif. He emphasised the importance "of South Africa as a gold producer to ■ the world. Sir Ernest Oppenheimer pointed out pthat the mining industry must con|fsi§[fently encourage permanent European settlement, which was easily /possible in the healthy highlands stretching across South Africa. The Northern Rlioderian copper belt promised to be the greatest mineral discovery of our time. /?en million tons would be mined annually, and the ’ whites would be- numbered by tens of thousands. The. copper field was of the greatest importance to Empire development. - ' ' )•? :
going that the matter of serious im.portance in South Africa is to -encourage European settlement. New 'Zealand’s position to-day certainly claims more attention, as the Government knows tlie gold mining industry has steadily dropped back, and it remain's for the Minister of Mines, backed up by our representative in .parliament', to remedy the position. Gold mining in the past peopled and developed the country,- and the time has come when the Government should make a substantial move and have. a thorough investigation, of our mineral ' resource?. ' ' •' •='
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 July 1930, Page 3
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321GOLD MINING IN NEW ZEALAND Hokitika Guardian, 19 July 1930, Page 3
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