THE INDUSTRIES COMMITTEE.
MUNICIPAL FISHING VENTURE. By Telegraph.—Press Association.' Auckland, April 22, At the Industries Committee, Mr. J. B, Paterson gave evidence as to municipal trawling. The City Council opened a retail shop, the capital of £20,000 being borrowed by the ratepayers' approval. There had Undoubtedly been a reductipn in the retail price of fish, but, whereas it was thought that fish could be landed at £3 per ton, the cost was about £lO per ton. At present the council's venture was not profitable. It had been handicapped by a trawler being commandeered for mine sweeping.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 April 1919, Page 2
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96THE INDUSTRIES COMMITTEE. Taranaki Daily News, 23 April 1919, Page 2
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