MUNICIPAL TRAWLING.
AUCKLAND'S EXPERIENCE
(Pib Pbebb Absociation.) AUCKLAND, April 22. Before llio Industrial Committee to-day J. B. Paterson gavo evidenco regardli . municipal trawling. He said the t'i.y Council opened a retail shop with a capil.i! of £20,000, borrowed by the ratepay !•:•' approval. There had undoubtedly br'cu s reduction in the retail price of fish. In ■ whoreas it was thought that fish could In landed at £5 per ton, the cost was ab'fl. £lO per ton. At present the Coin::!' 7 *
venture was not profitable. It had been handioapped by the trawler being commandeered for mine-sweeping. • ■
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1515, 22 April 1919, Page 5
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95MUNICIPAL TRAWLING. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1515, 22 April 1919, Page 5
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