FOR RAROTONGA.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 136, 10 June 1936, Page 5

FOR RAROTONGA.

NEW ZEALAND M.P.'S.

FRUIT INVESTIGATION.

DEPARTURE ON JULY 7

(By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, Tuesday.

The announcement that three members of Parliament, Mr. J. Robertson (Government, Masterton), Mr. C. L. Hunter (Government, Manawatu) and Mr. S. G. Holland (Opposition, Christchurch North), are to leave for Rarotonga on July 7 to investigate the position of fruit growers and exporters, was made to-night by the Prime Minister. Mr. Savage said he had asked the Minister of Industries and Commerce, Mr. Sullivan, to appoint three members of the Industries and Commerce Committee to make the trip. The committee has recently been considering petitions from ohe island fruitgrowers regarding the marketing of their fruit in New Zealand. "It appears to me that the whole position lias been allowed to drift too long," the Prime Minister said. "The trade must be properly organised. We want the island growers to receive a fair price, and we certainly want supplies of their oranges. It is high time the matifir was investigated on the spot." Mr. Sullivan said the party would leave on July 7, look into the actual state of affairs in the Cook Islands and report back to the committee before it framed its report on the petitions for presentation to Parliament,