A FISHERMAN'S TROUBLE.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 145, 18 June 1920, Page 2

A FISHERMAN'S TROUBLE.

c ' ICE FOR PACKING. t l A claim and counter-claim was heard to-day by Mr. J. W. Poynton, S.M., in y the auxiliary Courtroom. The plaintiffs t were the Mayor, Council, and inhabi- • tants of Auckland (Mr. A. H. John- , f etone), who sought to recover from Her--3 bert Edwin Barnsley .the cum of £12 r 15/9 for benzine and ice supplied to the fishing boat Ada. Mr. J. F. W. Dickson.. for the defence, admitted the claim, and feet up a counter-claim for £21 10/. f for fish alleged to have been condemned 5 ac a result of the ice supplied not fce'rag 9 lit for use. A lot of evidence was takeu. j The defendant* case was that they were fishing oft' the Hen and Chickens, and when they wanted to use the ice sup- . plied by the Council it was found to ' have seaweed, small dead h'sli, and scales ■j mixed with it. For that reason the iisn : wae sent from Whangarei by the Manaia, and was condemned on arrival. 1 Defendant claimed that was due to the 1 ice being unfit to use. Mr. Deightman, manager of the muni- : cipal tish market, stated that he oon--1 sidered the Hen and Chickens was too far away to fish in February when the ' weather ras so hot. This lot of fish was 1 brought down from Whangarei in loose ' bundle;; on the deck of the Manaia. ' In answer lo Mr. Dickson, witness ■ said old ice l-e-frozen was better than ■ fresh made. It was the practice to pick 1 rhe b&st ice oil the lloor and re-freeze it. t Of course they would not use ice in which wen- dea<l fish, seaweed, or scales. He thought that might haw been got : . from tile the ice was packed in. His Worship said he would give a •J v. ritten decision on tlip raw, ac there ! J were iome points ho wanted to look ' inco.