AUSTRALIAN ORANGES.
NO IMPORTS THIS SEASON ? (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) IXVERCARGILL, Friday. "I have received word that the Government will allow the entry of Australian citrus fcuit into New Zealand on condition that the Commonwealth Government agrees to New Zealand potatoes being allowed into Australia under certificate with a duty of not more than £1 a ton," said Mr. Frank Bray, Southland representative of the New Zealand Fruit and Produce Auctioneers and Importers' Federation, today. "The Commonwealth Government wishes to impose a duty of £2 10/ a ton, and if an agreement is not finalised between the Commonwealth and the. Dominion we arc likely to be without Australian citrus fruits this season."
i Shipments of Australian oranges were anticipated in the normal course of events early this month, said Mr. Bray. The prospects now looked far from promising, and if an agreement were not reached the citrus fruit market in New Zealand, particularly in the South, would be placed in a most unsatisfactory position owing to the absence of Australian supplies. The situation would be much worse than it was last year, and, indeed, would he serious, since hardship would be imposed on people -who required oranges at a reasonable invalids-and children. ■
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 129, 2 June 1934, Page 4
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