FISH APLENTY.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —At the present time we are beiniT told all kinds of theories as to the cause of the depression and hardship to which most of us are subject, borne have stated that it has been caused bv o-reed and lack of distribution, and I have come to the conclusion that perhaps this is correct. Yesterday, when at Port Chalmers, I saw hundreds oi flat fish, mostly soles, dumped at the side of the fisherman’s wharf, and on inquiry was told that there were some seven or eight cases of these fish returned to Port Chalmers owing to the market being over-supplied. Now, bir, the fishermen who caught these hsh were not paid for their labour, sfti why dump the fish? Could not the fish mart communicate with the mayor and have the soles handed to the distressed and needy, to whom they would have been a, luxury indeed. An old proverb says “ Waste not. want not,” but evidently this has no' meaning to-day.—-I am, etc., FlsHo- - 9.
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Evening Star, Issue 21641, 9 February 1934, Page 11
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173FISH APLENTY. Evening Star, Issue 21641, 9 February 1934, Page 11
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