Fish-Bat Not For Sale

Northern Advocate, 17 March 1944, Page 4

Fish-Bat Not For Sale

(Special.) KAITAIA, This Day. Mangonui for the present is not to have on its waterfront a storehouse for fish livers, according to a letter read at the Mangonui County Council meeting this week. A firm of manufacturing chemists, interested in the production of liver oil, had planned to erect such a building. but. owing to many delays and the refusal of permission by the Health Officer, the building will be delayed at least for this year. “If there is sufficient inducement next year to consider a depot we will take the matter up with your council again,” the firm wrote. ‘‘Our duties as councillors are wider than just looking after roads and bridges.” said Cr. Eeaslev, when the letter was read. “We are interested in the well-being of the people of the county as well.” “At Mangonui we have a bay teeming with fish but to get any we have to catch it ourselves. We have licensed fishermen there but we can’t buy fish.”

Saying that he considered the whole fishing business in New Zealand was a racket, Cr. Beasley asked the council to pass a resolution requesting the Controller of Fisheries to organise the industry at Mangonui so that fish could be more easily obtained, and the licensed fishermen could augment their incomes by being allowed to sell the fish they caught. The councillors agreed that such a resolution could do no harm and might be productive of much good. The clerk was instructed to write to the Controller along the lines ol' Cr. Beasley's suggestion.

Air Policy—ln the House of Commons Mr. E. L. Granville (L. Nat.-Eye) gave notice of a question to the Dominion';: Under-Secretary asking whether the establishment of dn Empire air board to supervise development of civil air routes all over the Empire would be proposed to the forthcoming Dominion Prime Ministers' conference.