The effects of the Balkan war are felt even in far-off New Zealand. When speaking to a reporter, a Christchurch merchant said that some months ago he ordered through a Smyrna house a consignment of canaiy seed, which is grown in gTeat quantities in Macedonia. The seed was purchased, but was destroyed by the armies before it could bo got "out of the country. Fortunately the fighting had not been in the fruit zone, and eup° plies of raisins and sultanas "srere not seriously Affected.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 184, 4 August 1913, Page 6
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