50 years ago

A NUMBER of Glenelg Regional Committee members have accused some conservationists of making false and misleading statements aimed at wrecking many engineering projects. Committee secretary, Mr. Neville Baldy, in a hard hitting attack, claimed that conservationists were having “a field day” and that some of them were fanatics. He told Tuesday’s committee meeting in Hamilton that many statements made by conservationists could never be substantiated. Mr. Baldy said it was amazing how almost every engineering project threatened flora and fauna that was the only type of its kind in the world. Mr. Baldy’s remarks were supported by other committee members including divisional forester, Mr. J. D. Gillespie, although most of his remarks were made “off the record”.