OUR FISHERIES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7340, 29 May 1885, Page 6

OUR FISHERIES.

TO THE EDITOR, Sir,— one who entertains a lively in* tereat in the above important question, £ desire once more to thank you for again drawing public attention to the subject by your interesting article in last Tuesday's edition, following the same, I am pleased to notice in to-day's journal a letter signed " Arthur Pittar," who professes to have had twenty years' experience in the trade. During a residence of five years in Auckland I have from time to time, (through your kindness) availed myself of' a small space, in your columns calling public' attention to the great need that exists of a .wholesale fish market. Having from the first been fully persuaded that the trade, if properly managed, would be a great benefit to the, city, and a profitable undertaking to those engaged in it, provided a suitable building or market could bo established, I made application to the Harbour Bo*rll over twelve months'since for a site wita. water frontage, and submitted a sketch plan of a building to cost about £250,' to be called the " Auckland Fieh and Oyster Market." The correspondence that; followed and decision of tie Board may have been "forgotten by most of your reader*, but I beg to state that so long since as August last a decision wu arrived at by the Board agreeing to a site ' on the■ reclamation: adjoining the Dock, find that such site when ready would be leased in the usual way. ' Now, Sir, I am inclined to think - that had a • company been formed < to. work this important industry at about the tame time as the New Zealand Meat Freezing Company, and similar interest taken in the matter, Auckland would ere now have had a f> commodious : wholesale fish market, where the whole or greater portion of the fish coming into our port would' pass through the said market, and be sold by public auction every morning, same as at Melbourne, Sydney, and in the old country, thereby doing away with the existing monopoly, giving encouragement and employment to scores, if not hundreds, of men and boys on our coasts, as well as to numerous dealers, at the same time bringing the price of - fieh within the reaoh of all classes. 1 remember the old adage, " Where's there's a will there's a way," and I wi ,, not despair of seeing my project fully and profitably established. My idea at first was merely to secure the site, and establish the market and daily auction sales; but I am now of opinion that in order to establish ' and develop a local industry of this nature it will be preferable— if not absolutely necessary—to form a public company. I would therefore join with your correspondent, Mr. Pittar, in expressing a hope that, with your influence, the \ matter may :■> be taken up, and a; company formed with sufficient subscribers to found and float it ion a sound' and lasting bases. Feeling confident that with sufficient capital and proper management the business cannot fail to yield splendid dividends, I for one shall be pleased to eater my name as shareholder, and trust ? that \ large numbers of all olassei will : likewise . join in the undertaking.— am, Ac, , - &BoBRowv;> '. ;■;■Wellington-street, May 20. '

THKREV. MR. REID AND "^iftjßHß^V- -'"■> ~- to TH« KDITOB. VWa *« ■; Sir,—ln your supplement of 8 ■ .1. last, " Aoep«x>" in stating j the queetfon^ Minietera , Union carries j and nobitoH* tain resolutions behoved; to be detriment.! to the pabli* parity. They MeSSK as publicly as their resolutions W3 known, end their poHoy denounced .! foolish," etc I ask, ha. -•* Anspex^" one for him, yet shown In whet way thlL resolutions conld possibly prove detriment to the security oftheMlJo? BoS2 accusation, preferred against so respscUbl. a body of ministers of religion and oft!! Christian workers, ought to be sustained h* oonolntive evidence and. potent arenm«« Not the shadow of either has "ISS produced, and for the very simple reasonthat he can not. Hβ has found it easy to imnou motives, and to empliy offensive terniT •peaking of those who dispute his verdict* but of evidence, or solid argument, not a shred has been forthcoming. Those nulian J resolutions, strong in their self-eridenoin* truthfulness, consume by their moral bright. ness every, mean-jpirited assailant, and ch*l. leoge the homage of every humanely patriotic) breast. Hear them speak for them! selves : — let. They regret that Chris, tian peoples should still hare recount to the arbitrament of the sword in settling international disputes; 2nd. fa the formation of . volunteer companies. they do not recommend ' that dutinc. tions should be made on the ground of the religious professions of the members enrolled 3rd. In the event of actual war ministers pledge themselves to do all in their power to meet the spiritual needs of the defenders of our colony; 4th., They inrite all Christians to be instant in prayer to Almighty God, that in His great mercy war may be averted. Now, Sir, if " Auapex' 1 desires to be esteemed by honourable men as an honest, manly disputant, he is bound to do one of two —either to prov» that the above resolutions can be truthfully characterised as «• foolish," " wicked " "wrongheaded," "thrusting justice to the wall;' or he must cry ptecati I m &0 Albxandsr Bern Three Kings, May 28, 1885.

MR. HANNAFOKD AND THE CURB OP DEAFNESS. TO THE EDITOR. Sib,—lt was with considerable surprise that my Attention was drawn this afternoon by my friend Mr. Stiehbury to a lonsl in the Herald of Monday last, wherein I »m plainly gibbeted as an impostor—making nee of » celebrated anriet's name in palming off my own nostrums on the deaf. '. Snoh a local is calcalated to do me a vast amount of injury in more ways than one, and as I shall lay all letters received by me from Dra Harvey and Pritchard, as well as their pre>" scriptions in their own hand-writing, before yon, common justice should cause you to give as much publicity to my denial of bem« any other than the : vender 'of genuine medicines from genuine recipes. I deny the right that Dr. Pritchard evidently considers he possesses, in requiring me to keep his pre* scription to myself—l claim the right to me it in the interests of suffering humanity I pretty welt know who the party is who sent my pamphlet to Dr. Pritohard. I hate advertised in the Weekly N aws and other papero, and one man (the s'.iwe name as the London aarist) sent for the remedy, and I had the greatest trouble in getting the money from him.—l am, &0., T. B. Hannafobd. 296, Queen-street, Auokland, May 28, 1885.