CONDITIONS OF FISHERMEN.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 406, 15 January 1909, Page 11

CONDITIONS OF FISHERMEN.

'.'.■ Ari ■'•".-■ ■■■" —-.. o ;. , •■-- : ; : v&a. litebaky;fisherman. . ■':,' (BT' f KLEGKAPK—BPKCUIi COIIIIZSI'OSDEST.) . '. Auckland, January 14. ■>■' A' letter on the fishing 'industry-from' Mr. /. Harker, of.Tiritiri, was.'earnestly dis- • cu?iia;by the -Auckland Trades and Labour , Council. last'evening. Mr.Hafker, who de- ■'-.: clare.di'himself* to'.-be a. "literary recluse," and/added the information that life on Tiri- ■„ tiri' r 'ibanishcd had a pood d<jjji ifd Uay.. about-'n section",of the toilers whoni'he described as'" that hardworkod.and rhuch-maligncd body of men—our fishermen." The.'iwriter made a --number of categorical statements concerning the bad condition of . the'fishing industry and; the fishermen. The . latter; : ;he said, .were unorganised and unable to,-iihsure their xnchft, worth.: from: £160 ;- :When : fish were-plentiful the- sale : of ftlifcm was blocked, although thousands of peojile"in the-citj';were "positively hungering''Utpr them. Although individual efforts made on behalf of the fishermen, there iwas much that the council-could do; and.i Mr. Harker; urged' the,"members of that ' rateto." acquit themselves like men " in.the . matttrV/: The council'responded to, the apsetting up a special committee to inquire unto the fish supplv of Auckland and .: the "conditions'under which'the fishermen labour..