Great eu.ms have been earned during the hearing fishing on tho east <oast of England by Lowestoft drifters. Generally speaking, the controlled price of „£(! Cu. a cran has been given for the herrings, us against an average of 1)0;. a cran in pre-war days. Ono drifter secured the record earnings of .£10,210. another ,C!I800, and several averaged ,£BOOO. Some fishermen for three months' work took from =£350 to ,£4OO, whilst it was a ooiumoir thing for a lad to take over =£100 for a three months' voyage,
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 140, 8 March 1919, Page 7
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87Untitled Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 140, 8 March 1919, Page 7
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