SARDINE FISHERIES
DOMINION INDUSTRY POSSIBILITIES URGED (P«r Frasi Aisociation.) AUCKLAND, this day. A statement in favour of the commercial development of sardine fisheries was submitted by Mr. F. S. Petrie to the sea fisheries investigation committee, which yesterday held the eighth day of the sitting in Auckland.
Evidence was also given by representatives of Pearl Fisheries, Limited. Representatives of, the signatories to a petition recently presented to the ' Government praying for the prevention of monopolistic control of the fishing industry also gave evidence. Other matters covered in the evidence were that the provision of adequate local supplies, the control of export by Government fixation of retail and wholesale prices, and the easing of restrictions on boat building.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19377, 15 July 1937, Page 5
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117SARDINE FISHERIES Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19377, 15 July 1937, Page 5
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