FRUIT EXPORT.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 95, 23 April 1926, Page 4

FRUIT EXPORT.

THE EXTRA SPACE. : AUCKLAND'S SHABE. Of the extra apace available for the export of apples. Auckland's share will be 3600 cases. This. is the information that' has : been received by MIV W... H. senior officer in •v.tKis.' - district for the Horticultural' Division -of .the. Depar imeht- of /Agriculture.: -There seenis to.-bb .;some ; conflict*of : evidence; as. to'the actual, quantity 'of additional ; epacethat has! ■;been .made available.. . A : Presn Association telegram' publi^ted' in yes"tefda'y/e. issue stated the aiiount as .TpjOOO'-icasesj jwh'ereae'_A more%reeent one 4ays-the -position'..■■wiU by the ■provision-by the shipping companies. .of 'ith'fe;-re'quired apace." If ■: other 'dißtricte are. to. be judged according'j;o' the position in Auckland, "the required space" will be considerably, more thaii ;70,000 cases. Of 'this latest to Auckland' 600 ciises are .. already, in- store, leaving only 3000.leases, but of about 16,000 cases . still, avjailable for, expprt irpm: this district.. Mr/Eice,';asßieted by local,. ..representatives of ' -the. Fruitgroovers'- "'Federation, J: is '; at ■■* present a'rranjging -the ■?allocations of.-:these i 3000 ca«es, giving preference to those who.had first given notice of their space requirements.. . . . It was pointed out to a "Star".representative that the allocation of < only .3600:casea to Auckland doee not appear to; 1 be';-an ' adequate'; pfopbrtion : <>t 'the additional J epace'.available,-, even, if -"that; be limited :to 70,000 biiehele. I, ' Auckland's . expprt >. will -be approximately ;ohe tenth, of , the Dominion-total,>an"d;pn;th'at basis should 'haye ; been close;to 7000 cases. It is prbbaLbleythat representations in 'thifl; connection .will be: made.' . ''*'■>? '-.\ ■ ■'■ " '■ / ■-;■■'..;;. :

CONTROL BOARD'S POSITION. / 11EBLY TO CRITICISM. 'S ■ " (ByifTelegrftph.—Frees Association.)'-' • WELLWGTON' '.'■- In. reply to. criticisms on vther apple sitautiorii .Mr. H.J3. Napier, secretary-to the Fruit- Control Board, stated. tp ; "day: "With jr.pgard; to /the diflßculty.in getting shipment for the apple shipping cpnipanies. and .'the iHarboui; Board, have .done • everything •possible a , . situ-ation'which-had 'not. "been -byanybody .connected; with .the \ industry. Tlie crop has been; beyond; aIL expectations and almost entirely free T of dieeiee, wJiicn . means that .the. grower,',instead' of haying an average.of 60 ihis crop.available for, 'export'this,Beaton,' jtee ! n ; aile,.if"he;e6. , wieiied, .to.export 00. per' cent,of -it. Men. who have^handled fruit-since 'they w;ere.;childireji have 'npt been able to visualise ;a, crop snchi, as we haye .seen."Everything .possible- hafl,,beeh. done 'by v everyone .'concernied,'' growers included. ■i.;.".vj -,-_ | .. . . • ' • '.-'..,-. "As regards centralisation -of ..control in Wellington, th& pebple>atiNelsoh tried , out shippingrfrom.their .bay .laßt;y.ear.i:l think it can. Le definitely'stated:it'-was hot considered -.very favourably, by "the •growers, When.once'lhey. saw labour -connected with it they : recognised the difficulties and' that it was much better to concentrate-, shipments to the main.pprts; The difficulty has not,come through centralisation, but through lack of -■■-. shipping .space ;at. - the. time . it., ,w.ac most needed' ojwing''; to' nobody-. Laying, been aWe -to •■ advise- the..;shipping., companies that.such.space would and therefore nobody making any' "provision for such; a heavy increase in Dominion exports, which are 300 per-cent'.above last -year's total exports of 240,000 cases. The total, space which we anticipated would; be required; according to growers' figures from the districts over whichHhe Control, Board is working, was approximated at ,450,000 cases from all ports. It is now. estimated we are. going-to ship approximately 660,000 ') cases: -W« will need to send i away .two- full shipments of 12p,000 ca'ees each 'to;, cope with they increased'needs'.of : growers ras now stated. "No-. system of organisation ■ can hop* to ,;deal; ; with -tne ;ppeition\as;-ie shown by. flgrues stated. Itlia.st case 'where a considerable ; of notice of the space: required musti'>be."given."-, >, j. .

OTAOO WOT BENEFITED.

DUNEDIN, Thursday. Regarding the fruits position, a Mr. H. Turner, Otago director of the: New Zealand Fruitgrowers' Federation, said tthat the arrangement if or making more spaci. available would triot-i help the position in 4 whichwasinotrunder the-Con-trbL Board," although it was the New Zealand Federation's function to look after the general interests of Otago in regard to fjfuit. iexport. The-Otago Council had booked its space direct with the overseas;' 'shipping companies and, although additional space > had apparently been granted to the northern; shippers (who had a month's sart of Otagothis shipping season), nothing* had yet been done by the shipping companies to relieve the..position so.far' as:Otago was concerned. .. -; . - '•' Otago had still/from 30,000. to 35,000 cases to get away.by themiddle lof rMay. The Mahia would- take 20,000 oases, and these would have a to'be railed right to Lyteltori to be loaded, meaning extra; expense. Tha_t left from 10,000 to 15,000 cases unprovided for/ An-effort, would have '.to he i-ihade, to :get t .-sp«ce-,fbr-'an additional * shipment!- The--pOTitiona/at present was therefore not altogether; sat. isfactory. ; . . . ■ . . ~*Jir .'■-, .W. ■ X... ■ Dallas,. senior .orchard 'instructor. for ; . Otago',;, described -. the apple crop,, as a ; record one for. all- varieties, except. Scarlet. Nonpariels. He referred-to the:-crops at, Roxburgh, 'Ettrick, Dumbarton, ' ; Sunnyvale '■■' and' Miller's.-' Flat, from come '75. per cent:;of Otago's total export./ These districts; had supplied 42,393 cases .out? of < a total z of 56,Q06.; fiven-j the Mahia's ; shipment,.: he said}Would',touch'only ; the H rihge : *of the Stunner- apples, one of .the principal export .'.varieties. , ' i'