FISH MARKETS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 722, 22 January 1910, Page 3

FISH MARKETS.

.. Sir.^ln;.TheV Dominion of r January/1 J ■■■ ;- Ivhayft'riead;a letter^signed"Aucklawlsr" "~' ? purporting to ,be a criticism, of'your ■■'■■&■:■' '■'■ -'i porter a; interviews.with fishmongers/and :; ' ' .'■■' concerning -the'supposed want of'a fish-". :;>';: ™tet.ii ;WeUington suggested: by-him.-; ■'. V ltas -letter is: yery ; misleading in , everj ; ' !■■ way. Whether it;is^so.from-.wantof know-. • .'. ledge or other- pauses if. matters not-to K.' ..the::writer;; who,"'as■; the oustodiaii'- of :;: ' ■faots, wishes: to-place '■■'' before .your'. readeTS.-'As to'--..-municipalVfish-mafkets, perhaps some of-; : your.: readers ..are!, unaware., of .the. disks- • : •- trons-failures and-'great':Oost-:'of~ those ; ' - humbugging 'things .in: |bygone'-; v years. :' "■'■ lust, tako the great Market; Hall in Cuba: ; ' Street .that-lcdst'i'such a' lot; of money, '.m : i - '■ a central-position, now; .the ;Eoyal Oak •■ far.asi'fAucldander''' is' a'-fsc-;': ' ; :tor iii r the' matter, , rtake. : 'Au6kland.-City.: ; '" -' market,,: up',.Queen J ;Street.\; 1 It v :is.-quite ■-;' centrali-and was a;'great':failire;':'a!id,';ie ■■■'-': no^.let:in;allotn>ente;for..ali;brtß,of;ju>- : ,': ■; and:;'.\yellingtpn; : have;'.been;:■ veryV'costly V -j : :.In ; later" !^sH?^.¥,®^^9t^tab^sl^ia:fi?h 1 ; i lnar'i : ; '" i-Ket- somewhere, near»fco-'where ■ the-'shelter : ' ■ T •: ~.umce,. and-.that, jras.-.av.e'n a' more di6mal '• ■ ■' .failure'fthan : vthe..,old'-:Market : f Hall-' ; 'ia; : '. Cub*- Street.':'- The; cenMr'lpositions 'iof • V , both;fish; depots" 66nld;'not-eyen : '"n6w'be : —" improved -upon,.'and;; thei conditions,,for municipal :fish"markets."have'- not'"' im- ; :pro.ved:?:since'- then.'-'v Many,:'-. l thotfg'h.tlese.' : .people-write.to 'you>and : .agitate''the'fish''- : . Question;-:iY6u.;. wiU^seeithe.cost'of fish .' ,dehvered''at your - oto- 3opr''->'att: -over ' '■'■"; ■Auckland.;; :Itiiß:;not;;'adyisable-..to:draw v- \ .comparisons:, between;: ;the':'two'■'cities, as , : '.' ,the;.qonditions::are' L BO. ; diffeTenet' in many ;''.:'■ ways...'However,/f.will^put'.'tlie.'matter ''■ ■; before your, many readers irila very simple V-'-* . way,', whioh 'ought" absurd-agita- ■''.;- ■tions. about-municipal'fish markets; ■ Juit' -; letiyour'readers."think/firsfly,of:a:.costly-' . ,-■■ ;»frigeratedifisH market iereoted' at.', lie -' .':; city's ;expeEse s 'for:'a:. : yast,sum in central '- •' Wellington;..oi; : s ;; ': to-do, .classes, •'; as;the'^weekly•;' wages',' men: ;-. , who earn \their money-dp, not ;-liy«; iii . the *■ • city centre.; A central -fish: mart wonld ;not, ! . ' 'be'oi -any~value:. 'whatever :tb';tKe'', wiage-- : ':':! . earners' of '-'. they community.--'-A ? : .workliig- V■V; ; man's"; Wif e ;-. ■ ; .reaph':'',thi»' :.'". ''i central:fish'.depot from-Island BayVSduth' "■;'; i Kilbirnie.iand.VjTinakp'rik S'Roid'j&i' '6'■■■:• i o'e'lo'ek' a.m.;' .on-.a^retuhi 1 tramway ticket : ' : J-'i costing. 6d.-;.'. in pnler; to "cook- his. break- < : ; i fast, and .'let- him. get,,away ; 'and;reaeh, hii -''. : '-.-;' job'-in'.the: 1 /- ;! [ tone.—l"am,':etc', ;.".- ' : '.''i :: .':•*>;>■ ■•;■;■■ ■;■'?-:• ■•-.,'■'•■'.'. ']' ,;■?: ■■<■;''' .;;:.', ;v\ -, :y;; v[We'have had'toSabbreyiate'this'-lettenJV' !',