THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH

Kaikoura Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 59, 31 July 1944, Page 2

THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH

MARKETS OF TO-MORROW

To-morrow’s markets lie in the vast reaches of the Pacific. The old order changeth!

‘ ‘ Mare Nostrum ” . . “ Our Sea ” . . might well describe the Pacific in the post-war era. Thousands of ships will plough its surface laden with rich cargoes. Great fleets of planes will fly its__ skyways. Canada, the Orient, Asia, South America, Australia, and the South Pacific, and Alaska will be waiting like a vast sponge to soak up our industrial output, and the State of Washington, with its marvellous location and excellent port facilities will be the Gateway of To-morrow’s Markets. Here is a new frontier—a frontier with greater possibilities than have ever before existed. It is a frontier which business men with foresight w’ill hew into a mighty industrial empire. Men of industry: Decentralise! Washington, the Cornerstone of the Pacific North west and the Nation invites you. Washington Dressage. BIG GAME FISHING IN N.Z. game fishing in New Zealand is to be shared by sportsmen and commercial fishermen in a grand-scale operation after the war, ’ ’ says an article published in the Empire News, a British Sunday newspaper, on June 4. ‘ ‘ More people than ever will be able to enjoy the sport, for the plane will bring the country only a few days' journey from any part of the world.

“Recognised as the finest hunting ground for killers of the deep, the waters abound in varieties of fish now regarded as valuable in food and medicine. Fish livers, for instance, yield riches in oils and vitamins. ‘ ‘ The world’s records now held for New Zealand fish are expected to be lowered in the famous Bay of Islands when New Zealand again attracts international sportsmen.

‘ ‘ The biggest fish ever caught on a line and hook is Captain Mitchell’s 976 pound black marlin swordfish. Next is W. W. Dowding’s 9221 b thresher shark, while the worlds record for a woman’s catch was Miss G. G. 8. Taylor’s 4951 b mako shark.

“Meantime, without affecting the established fishing ground, the commercial boats plan to develop the marine industry further out to sea. From 1937 onwards an investigation into the economic aspects of fish has been carried on. Future plans include an inr.rwuw In the exports of frozen, smoked, pickled, fresh, and canned fish now valued at £140,000 annually.

‘‘This, however, is only a beginning of a vast industry, including schnapper, tarakihi, groper, blue cod, trumpeter, hake, flat fish, whitebait, and oysters. Marine crayfish, whales, seals, the big game fish, and the freshwater fisheries, too, are included in expansion plans—while a new sardine canning industry raws supplies from Marlborough Sounds and Hauraki Gulf.”