Seafood
Sir.—ln 1940, we, the people of New Zealand, could buy toheroa soup; it was served in rnany of our betels and was enjoyed by many. By 1950 it had disappeared from the New Zealand market because it was all exported. I have not tasted it for five years. 1 am told the only way to taste this seafood is to know a manager of an Australian hotel or to dine at Bellamy’s in Wellington In 1950 there was a plentiful supply of fresh crayfish at low cost Today the tails of lens of thousands of this seafood are shipped to the United States, the rest is thrown away. The result is that the people of New Zealand have a poor supply at a very high price. In 1950 there was a plentiful supply of oysters. Today they are seldom obtainabie in the Christchurch shops. Are they being exported, too" Must our governments encourage this export and deny the people of New Zealand this food? I used to be able to buy freshly caught fish. Now the monopolies handle all fish and I have to be content with the frozen product. 1 find I am living in a land of once upon a time.—Yours. | etc., TOHEROA. : June 7, 1961.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29535, 9 June 1961, Page 7
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