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Meeting
The abattoir is to be discussed at it's own public meeting in the next couple of weeks. At last nights meeting Councillors expressed the need to have one and said that it was to be discussed at this mornings General Purposes Committee. As was the decision into the stopping of free abortion flights to the UK. But they said they weren't sure what the outcome would be. When asked if Councillors thought the wages paid to Chilean contractors at MPA was low they answered that yes they thought it was but considering they were also provided with free accommodation and food that would have taken the total up to around eight hundred pounds. Saying that these were better wages than they would get elsewhere. Jan Cheek said that she thought that they should be legislating for a minimum wage not just for workers at MPA but overall.

Death

Journalist A J McIlroy who made his name during the Falklands War has died aged sixty six. The Daily Telegraph who he worked for reports that his greatest success was reporting the battle of Mount Tumbledown. For eight weeks he was one of five journalists living onboard the Invincible on the voyage south. The paper says that unlike many Falklands reporters, McIlroy continued to work on stories connected to the war. Staying in Stanley to cover the reconstruction process.

Wool

There was only one wool auction last week and that was in New Zealand where their new season opened softer. Prices were generally three to five per cent cheaper, for the largely thirty seven to forty micron North Island wool. Robert Hall says that global wool demand, as measured by wool cleared to the trade and wool production, are closely balanced at around one point two one five million kilograms clean. And that the situation of ever tightening wool supply, high wool prices and persistent weak retail demand particularly in Japan and the Euro zone, will place more pressure on wool combers, where there remains over-capacity despite a falling world wool clip. He says that there was some good levels of speciality enquiry last week and booked an excellent range of business. The Atlantic Crusader wool from voyage seven should start moving to Bradford sometime this week.

Inquest

An inquest was opened and adjourned yesterday afternoon into the death of thirty eight year old Timofey Gustov who died last Tuesday onboard the fishing vessel Ivan Klyusin. The vessel was fishing for toothfish off South Georgia at the time. The coroner received evidence of identification and the inquest was then adjourned for further investigation. A post mortem will take place later this week.

Hope Cottage

A series of farmers meetings are to be taking place over the next week. The first of these is to happen at Hope Cottage on Thursday. The subject. The present and future direction of the meat industry. Farmers will have the chance to ask general manager of FIDC Julian Morris and other members of the team questions on the subject and give their views. The meeting will start around ten thirty and will last most of the day incorporating workshops as well as the question and answer session. Next week the team will be moving to the west and having meetings on Monday at the Hill Cove social club starting at eleven and on Tuesday at the Fox bay social club at 10.30. Finally rounding the week up they will have the final meeting on Friday the 1st August at Goose Green, which will also start at 10.30. Refreshments will be provided at each venue if you want to find out a bit more contact Connie Stevens at FIDC.

Harbour

In just over a week's time trawlers will start arriving into port to collect their licenses ready to fish for Loligo. The season opens up next Friday and a total of fourteen vessels will be fishing in our waters. They will be joining the five vessels fishing in the zone at the moment. There are also two reefers and a tanker in Berkeley Sound.