Fish

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30339, 15 January 1964, Page 2

Fish

Sir,— ■Apart from the waste lost in the preparation of fish (which is disputed) the consumer has not benefited from the low prices sometimes received by the dissatisfied fishermen. High mark-up price margins controlled by the middleman have added to the dissatisfaction, and caused a group of commercial fishermen in a cathedral city to open several shops, including fried fish and chips, and also to operate a street delivery for the retailing of fresh fish at reasonable prices. Permit me to remind Mr Newman that there was plenty of muck-raking in the recent inquiry into the fishing industry, including oysters, and that one finds it necessary to sift the muck to search for the truth. Finally, in reply to the reference to Bunyan’s description, I would advise Mr Newman to read Gray’s Elegy with reference to tire bird in the ivy-clad tower.— Yours, etc., RIP VAN WINKLE. January 1, 1964. [Mr M. Newman, managing director of P. Feron and Son, Ltd., -said he had already given the facts. Gray’s “Elegy” was apposite. “Full many a flower is born ... to waste its sweetness on the desert air.” Mr Newman had no further comment to make.]