LEPROSY AND FISH.
AN IMPOSITION IX PRICE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copjriyktt SYDNEY. August 4. In giving evidence, before tin? Food I'.vj:-' mission, the Naturalist, of tho Fisheries Department, dealing with the connccthra between leprosy and said that iii« exact relationship between fish disease* ar.H diseases of man were little understoiu. With peeper cooking there was. nothing la fear, even when fish bad internal para«t«. He emphatically disclaimed any connection between leprosy and fish if eaten fresh <v when reasonably fresh, after being treated by any method. Mr Frank Farna.ll. ex-chairman of tb» Fisheries Board, advocated the establishment of an institute for making fishery experiments and the establishment of experimental oyster farms. The prices nowcharged were a distinct imposition, and. fish should cost considerably less than 4d per lb.
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Evening Star, Issue 14637, 5 August 1911, Page 5
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127LEPROSY AND FISH. Evening Star, Issue 14637, 5 August 1911, Page 5
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