MUNICIPAL FISH MARKET.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1504, 29 July 1912, Page 4

MUNICIPAL FISH MARKET.

— « THE WORKING METHOD. Complete arrangements havo been made 1 for tho management of tho now Municipal s Fish Market, which is being erected ou ■ the harbour-sido next to the Naval boat- . shed on. Jervois Quay. Tho new structure , is to be divided into n number of stalls, ■ which can bo hired by tho day or week i at<a rental of is. per diiy per stall by . anyone who wishes to dispose of fresh . fish. This charge will entitlo tenants s to do business from 0 n.m'. to i p.m., and ■ tho City Council staff is to nipply a man > to wash the place out (tho building will i havo a concrete floor) daily, in tho afternoon, iu order that the promises may be • sweet and clean for tho next days opcrni tions. Each man or company will supply , a salesman, who will havo to keep his I stall or stalls reasonably clean. No gutting is to be allowed on the premises. Provision, however, is mado by way of a trough, and a supply of water for scaling fish for stall-holders Captain Eckford, half-owner of the trawler Energy, believes the market to ' be a ■ first-rato idea. It will bo a fixed and permanent address for all who wish to buy fresh fish, instead of people having to dodge round to find out wheretho trawler is lying, as at present, they will know that the fish is all disposed of at tho market. So far thero is no 3 berthing accommodation right alongside 1 tho market, but the Harbour Board u 3 extending live staging from Jervois Quay ; to tho Taranalri Stroct Wharf, and when i that'is done tho trawlers will be able s to berth immediately opposite tho market, i Thero is some talk of tho steamer Woji'.iu 5 being converlei into a trawler. Captain o Eckford declares that; thero if plenty of r room for her, and that ho can never; cr-.- - enough fish to supply the demand. Ho i rather deprecates tU fact that here is - no boiler for boiling crayfish at- the mnrv kel. Cravtish are very numerous m lock e Strn.it, at some seasons of the year, am s form no iiicon.-3idor.iblo part ot tho -n r supply. There is a popular theory ru, c t tlu4 "armoured" fish are peculiar la n rooky foroslmros. That is no - so, « » * curtain season of the year tney in* o the deep waters of the strait, and many, :l aro netted by the trawls.