JAPANESE ONIONS
SOUTH ISLAND SUPPLIES' ■: * . ns' REQUEST TO STOP 4? IMPORTATION —■ A unanimous decision to ask Government, through the Canterbury.-, Fruitbuyers’ Association, not to sentS any Japanese onions to the South Breland was made by a meeting called by- I .' the Canterbury Chinese Associations last night. Mr Wallingford Chan, who briefly sketched the position mg the imnortation of JapanesfeiL onions into New Zealand. He said' that the New Zealand growers could i. produce sufficient quantities of onions ' for the total annual consumption, hut : as there was a period during the year.when the locally-grown onions would not keep, it was necessary to import. some. These, however, could be ob*tailed from the United States andi Canada. ‘-I;
So that the Japanese could increas* their exportation of agricultural pro® ducts it would be necessary for to indent Chinese and Korean labowg! because of the shortage of Japaneswr man-power. This, he considered#would result in an extremely low of production when compared wib»* that in New Zealand. - Several European members of fruitbuying industry who attended meeting spoke in support of the argjj*-, ments advanced by various speakers for the prevention of the portation of Japanese onions to ti*|| South island. ‘
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Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22768, 21 July 1939, Page 10
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