COROMANDEL GOLD
allegations of smuggling. /-• BUYERS.’. PETU,RNS,SOUGHT.._ (Per Pressi Association — Copyright. - iKA^ltdMANDEUV^iaJr^'.' The Cpfomandel. Cou'nty CoUTacil feicpntly obtained a legal opinion upon its position.regarding gold being.taken secretly out of the county and sold in Auckland. 7 -Mr JL Dawson said that when he, was chairman,- he had received autheii- . tic- information that some 17 ounces, •of gold had been taken away and sold. This p.'evente the county from receiving ks gold, revenue, and the practice mus< be stopped. The opinion showel tJnit steps should be taken to obtain returns from- authorised..gold, buyers, as these would show where any gold was obtained. .4
The clerk'said that suspicions were raised by tlfet^crease. in gold revenue, which was ;'phTy £l7 last- year, compared with £22- the previous year, ! in spite, of increased milling activity. The clerk was authorised to obtain the- necessary returns, councillors remarking that tv lot of gold.- was being smuggled out of the county. V
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 May 1933, Page 6
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155COROMANDEL GOLD Hokitika Guardian, 29 May 1933, Page 6
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