The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-09-20 00:00:00

THE NEM SUPPLY OF LONDON.
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AN EXPOSE.
The fldi supply of Loadou was again tho subject of a
lons debate at the 0 turt 01 Coltrane C iuocil, on 'I huraday.
The motion under discuasiou was, In substance, that it
slicild he referred to the PIM Supply Cont, t, con.
slier and reosrt es to the cost of obtaining the suggested
site over Wackfriars Bridse. sod any other Mit*, and of
erecting • market then:int. and as to ths expense of pro-
viding 'anemia epic , in Biting.% ate for the enlargement
of the market ther 1 and adequate and c mvenient
approaches. As an amendment to this, it was moved th 4
aoy site for a wholesale fish nisrket ehooll he at ti,,
waterside, and that far • wet !Nide market Billingagste is
the ittii.t desirable. The dig:nation on thee, Eno 'Os
reveal.d an almost inure lible at ste of things. en wipe I
cannot fail to Ile of intereat ta OW roadera. One o! the
speakers, the Chairman of the markets, stid r msiderible
cipital had been mule out of the offer of the S:arts.roush
fishermen t-, supply 20.000 pounds of cod daily at 2* I. per
pnind ; but ths publ,c oaght t , know, from the admission
of the salesmen and somAtowners thoulaelyes, that
thouaands of tons of fish, including sole., cod cud tort,,',
were sold annually in Billingsgate at an IlVdrage plea or
five farthings per pound, or • penny less then the offer
alluded to The high prices which were cheese I for fish
it was maintained that the seism:nem were responsible fur,
but that the fault rested with the retail fishmonger,.
Mr. Bell, • leading traderman, complained that the trade
had been so harassed and persecuted of late years that
ttteY hardly knew what their porsitiou really wee. One
ofte largest gatemen in the trade had told them that he
had sold flab for five farthings per lb., and on the same
day had had to pey • ghillies per lb. for the same fish for
bil own table. ne argued that the snitckowners and the
steamship companies bad done more for the million in
cheapening the price of fish than any other people. Three-
fourths of the entire quantity of fish was sold at the
market at the average price of Id. per lb. throughout the
year, and what more could the public want) There wag
quite enough competition among the fishmongers and the
costermongers to beat down the prices in tlie market, in
the event of their being egceesive, During the last fort-
night 25 steamers had brought to market &kW DielEmes
of flab, re 8.349 tons. It would have taken 1,176 railway
trucks to hare brought that quantity of fish ta Loiadoi
and many thousands of wagsons would bare hese /genteel
to have conveyed it to Billingsgate—if, indeed. it could
ever hese been got there. After a long diecuesion the
mottoes was carried, the amendment being defeated b• •
majority of 17. The Public, we are inclined to ',wok -
well ask in the Interest of the poorer
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immense profit on fish gar ; and that It la eyes dweller'",ag lthe
• Government inquiry.
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MILITARY RIOT.
While. number of soldiers beongina to the ErSth and
reemente. etnnened it Dove,. were watching soma
athletic 'ports on Monday, a quarrel &row between some
of them relative to the respective userita of two runners
--ons from each Nriment—who were competint. A free
fight soma& stones end Pitchforks were used, end the
stood, who mime to the soot, wse driven to take shelter
in the citadel until rescusd. Several men were much
bruised, butone are reported to be seriously inj mes
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