FISH
Sir,—lf the Government is nimble or unwilling to regulate the price of fish, surely the outraged public will rise in their wrath and exercise the right, which they hold, to regulate prices by refusing 6olidly to buy at these prices. If the shopkeeper cannot sell he will be, forced to reduce his price; therefore, householders and housekeepers sec to .it at once that articles of food which are raised to exorbitant prices are banned till the price is reduced to a reasonable one. Smoked fish at Is. a pound is monstrous. In Auckland 5 or 6 smoked schnapper are sold for Is., and here fishmongers are asking Is. a pound. Rationing is hard, perhaps, if inflicted by Governments, but half the world is on rations toKlay. Let us ration ourselves, cutting out bacon, fish, and other articles at exorbitant prices till the will of the public reduces prices to a reasonable living amount. I, for one, will buy no smoked fish or bacon till the price is reduced. Let the people rule, not the shopkeepers.—l am, etc., RATIONS.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 237, 25 June 1918, Page 6
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179FISH Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 237, 25 June 1918, Page 6
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