DEAR FISH
.Sir,—l; read; in -'a' contemporary .that . their reporter interviewed a "prominent, fishmonger". to see..if ■. ho thought. municipal fish markets.would bo an advantage ttoithft people; bfJWeHingtoni i v'.Now,i..fancy~: ;the sense of'asking-a ''prominent' -f£h--monger", if such' establishments would the. price of fish.".-'-It: is a pity a'-little more censorship is not exercised, to ' prevent: the" publishing of ■■ such misleading : twaddle. -, The • "prominent fishmonger" says the bad, times nave been. the cause', of the. fishermen not making much:'money.: -More twaddle. In bad times more fish would be used if it were
cheap.-.'.Again; he: says fish' is.-iscaroe, when as a matter of fact :our..waters : teem with fish. .Any little pleasure boat on a. Sunday can catch its hundred. The high retail _ price prevents any great demand. Fish is;hero a luxury, which, is, an absurdity in any.New Zealand coastal' 'town. There ; is an.unlimited supply, and demand forifresV and smoked fish at'realsonable and .'•'remuijerative,. ■-- prices;'- ■ and municipal .fish/i'markets in charge of busi : ness men: could'inalio fish a staple food in. one, of the most expensive-living towns: in New Zealand.—l am, etc„ ':,'■'•■ •'.'■"'•'■".' v : ; -,;' : ; ";' : - ; ; : ; '.;<OLD AUCKtANDEE^
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 719, 19 January 1910, Page 5
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179DEAR FISH Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 719, 19 January 1910, Page 5
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