Sir, —I beg to ask why fishing on the Queen-street Wharf has been put a stop to. This is hard on the poor. Many a scanty meal, if supplemented by a few schnapper, would be more appetising and satisfying to a hungry family. The order against fishing on the wharf cannot have arisen for want of space. Whole bees are often without a ship, so that downright cussedness must have caused this hard order to be issued; Wellington, where there is three times the shipping, the wharf is crowded with fishermen, all day long. The aged poor unable to earn wages are often hungry. No means of procuring a boat and are [indistinct word] off the wharf where food is to be had for the taking. Upstarts in brief authority for the moment forget that they themselves ever fished from the wharf. Had they done any harm — were they hindering traffic — then there might be some excuse for this wanton cruelty on the part of our city masters.—l am, etc.,
City Ratepayer.
Auckland Star, Auckland, NZ, March 1, 1895