HERRING FISHERMEN DEMAND MORE FOOD
Received Tuesdav, 10.30 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 8. "More food or no iishing" is tht ultiniatum 3700 Great Yarmouth iislier men presented to the Ministrv of Food, reports the Daily Herald. The skippers of 370 (lrifters wliich are jainming Yarmouth harbour, met and passed a resolution that they would not sail unless the Alinistry of Food gives them tlie full seamen's ration eonsisting of 75 ounces of meat, and 21 ounces of sugar. Oue thousaiul Scottisdi girls imported to kipper and box herrings, are also threatening to strike because they liave not coal for lodging. Record shoals of lierrings are mean while swarming in the North Sea under the tidal influence of the "lierring moon ' U
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 October 1946, Page 5
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