FISH AND POLITICS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21548, 30 October 1944, Page 4

FISH AND POLITICS

' ji <\—Commsuiifti' upon mv. ouiiivrui c* statements in Pauhimciie about tuc tlisbarnc vi. r; problem your correspondent H-.pv.h;“ ask: "Why ui.i I.lr. ouliivna havs to do this job?'’ lur.y i cup.ycst. a possible rco-ibr. * be i' i::yor.a aispuco time the van •r.it; iiojii.-•• in. i.-. cov.noi cut ioo-i otip-i-i•- liii.i. i ib. irnuti u. i b.vetr.mciit .1. i..h tin. I.;-, nr,.l any move made u. I me.l!. down .mi • d.pnrfm.nts Imre adopted is fiiiidnipoutuliy a political move in opposition to the Government. Mr. Sullivan';; remarks ill Parliament show that the matter has become political: therefore an Opposition member, as Mr. Sullivan is, was the lojtieal person to be selected. One could hardly expect Mr. Coleman, as a Covornraeat member, to try and undermine his own policy. "Hnpuka’s" sUKßestion that we should pa on strike until fish is Sd per lb. over the runnier spvours of ignorance, considering we can buy any ipiamily of standard ipinlity lish in any local fish shop at 7d per Ih. over the counter, as per the Price Tribunal’s list In plain view in the shops.— "A MF.Pib? SPRAT." [No more letters on fish will be accepted unless an entirely new situation develops.— Ed., Herald.)