NEW ZEALAND FISHERIES.
Sir,— was very glad to sco (lavs Heeald your article on the oho- ° subject, and I trust that you will the agitation until an amended _ state 01 thinps is brought about. There i;>i> doubt that there is an abundant supp<y 01 SSin ou™ ".d. Of -hich wo «c«mv.4 owing to the absurd regulations /Vdenco force. What surprises me if the 'denco of Auckland M.P.s on this matter, they are as dumb as the fishes themselves this question. The calling of the hc ,8 « ancient and honourable one, and th *y are a bravo and sturdy raoo of men, but aa l eupt>ose, roughly speaking, their ? catchins: fish is about, the same as th at i vogue 2000 years ago in the i?ea of GaJilot, it ought not be longer tolerated. The interests of a few hundred individuals should not bo allowed to interfere with the rntei ests j of i million, especially in the matter of a . wholewmo supply of food to wuich the mil lion have a natural right. EDWAED BELLHOtTSEMount Eden, November 8, 1912.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 1514, 9 November 1912, Page 10
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179NEW ZEALAND FISHERIES. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 1514, 9 November 1912, Page 10
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