MARKETING OF FRUIT

Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24335, 14 August 1944, Page 3

MARKETING OF FRUIT

LIFTING OF EMBARGO WANTED

“My association warmly welcomes the statement made by Mr J. G. Barclay New Zealand High Commissioner to Australia, at Gosford, New South Wales, and strongly commends it to the public,” said the secretary of the Christchurch Fruit Brokers’ Association (Mr J. B. Taylor), in a statement to “The Press." 4 ‘The imposition of the fruit ny enK bargo of 1932, whatever the rights and wrongs of the potato argument, was then, and has continued to be all through the succeeding years, most unfair to the wholesale and retail trade, but above all to the New Zealand consumer. . ' “Oranges and mandarins can never be cheap or even reasonable in price while this embargo exists, as Australia is the nearest and best source of supply. There is now no logical reason for the retention of this embargo, and, in fact, it could well be abrogated now, both as a gesture to Australia and as a means of making greater and cheaper supplies available to the New Zealand public. “It is not unreasonable to expect an easing of the shipping position, and we should be in a position to take" immediate advantage of any relief in this direction, and secure much greater quantities of fruit at much lower prices to the public.”