PRICE OF FISH
Sir,—ls there any explanation as to why price order 375 of June, 1945, was not enforced to protect the consumer from exploitation by an association of fishmongers, and why such a lethargic state of affairs should be allowed to exist for a period of two years seven months? The present-day price of fish is exorbitant and places the commodity in the luxury class of food groups; which prompts one to ask if a member of the consuming public is ever consulted when such prices are determined. There appears something “fishy” in the fish trade when one reads about the 18 trawlers operating off Banks Peninsula and afterwards listens to a radio announcement to the effect that all other classes of fish are at maximum prices.—Yours, etc., RIP VAN WINKLE. July 17, 1948.
[“Fishermen, fish retailers, and fish wholesalers are operating under a schedule of prices approved by the Price Tribunal,” said Mr A. B. iCIcLachlan. the officer in charge of the Christchurch branch of the Price Tribunal.]
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25551, 20 July 1948, Page 8
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