Trawlers Laid Up
The two steam trawlers Muriel and Phyllis, which trawl out of Lyttelton for Messrs P. Feron and Son, have been laid up, rendering 15 men idle. An official of the firm said that the price for fish, which is only about half of what it was last year, did not justify the heavy expense which would be involved in having the trawlers surveyed, as was required by the Marine Department, before sending them to sea. Also each vessel used about 30 tons of coal in a week, and that was another heavy item. It has been suggested that the Unemployment Board might see its way to assist, possibly by subsiding the wages <?f the men, which would enable the. owners to send the trawlers to sea; but the board has not yet been approached.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 98, 20 April 1933, Page 4
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