PROFITEERING IN ORANGES.
GROWERS ONLY GET i/6 TO ■2/-' A ~ CASE. ;' Profiteering with regard to oranges was alleged- by I?r Thackor (Christchurch East) in tjho House on Friday. He -pointed out that , the freight per case from the Cook Islands was 13s 6d, and the traders ou"ered. th 0 natives Is Gd to 2s a case, yet oranges Were sold in the Dominion at 3d or 4d each. At an. average :of oranges per case that meant 505.t0 OGs Sd per case. * Mr-A. E.. Glover". (Auckland Central): I have sold thousands of eases at ss. .
Mr: MaSsey replied that» the/; Board of Trade was very fully employed 4 ,JS ! ; now-; but as.;.soon as ah opportunity offered*he would ask it to Inquiref into the cost of.oranges; . .; .
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1208, 19 November 1919, Page 2
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125PROFITEERING IN ORANGES. Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1208, 19 November 1919, Page 2
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