PRICE OF FISH
Sir,—ln amplification of my letter of yesterday on the price of fish, some of the retailers are charging 150 per cent, more than their cost price. _ Now this is not all profit, as there is between 25 and 30 per cent. loss of weight between the caught fish and the cutlets on the slab, apart from rent and overhead. but, believe me. the fishermen would be pleased to work on this margin. Let the public ask themselves what is the margin on cooked fish. As for the Kaikt.ura public getting fish, if they stand behind the local council and see that the position is placed on the floor of the House and kept there, then, and then only will they get more than they get to-day, i.e., an envious look at the fish being packed on the local wharf to be railed 120 miles away.—Yours, etc., WELL FIXED. Kaikoura, September 10. 1942.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23741, 12 September 1942, Page 6
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