CITY WITHOUT FISH

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21245, 16 October 1940, Page 10

CITY WITHOUT FISH

l j AGREEMENT ENDS DISPUTE | EFFECTIVE BOYCOTT (By Telegraph.—Press Association) NELSON, Tuesday Tlie dispute between the Nelson i i Fishermen’s Union ancl a local ! wholesale firm in respect of prices 1 paid to fishermen is now settled, an • i agreement having been signed yes- I I terday. For nearly three weeks Nelj son has been without fresh lish sup- j ■ plies on account of the ilshermen’s i ! decision to ship all fish caught to j j Wellington as a protest against the ; refusal of the firm to raise prices. ; The iishermen’s case was supported , by the New Zealand Seamen’s i Union, which refused to sail ships j carrying fish to Nelson, and also the ! Nelson Watersiders’ Union, prevent- j I ing local merchants from securing j ' supplies from other ports. | Representatives of the Fisheries i 1 Department, the Price Investigation ' j Tribunal, the local firm (the only ; • one with a wholesale license), the 1 Fishermen's Union and the Seamen's j Union held meetings over the week-

end. resulting in an agreement which provides increased prices. During the boycott the fishermen have been supplying direct to such institutions as the hospital.