POTATO CROP

Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24567, 16 May 1945, Page 6

POTATO CROP

MARKETING RESISTED ' REPRESENTATIONS MERCHANTS Opposition to a proposal Internal Marketing Division over the marketing of the in the 1945-46 season has alreadyaHiw " 1 expressed to the Govermpent duce merchants''both in and as a Dominion On hearing rumours of the prqMKf; the Christchurch Grain and Fftamilv-’ Merchants’ Association nearly MHp night ago made representahon6,ajgijffe Minister of Supply (the Sullivan), »who was then wHgßpg Christchurch. A further depjflJiEteg from the Dominion Federation of■wSßfaKS and Produce ..has waited on the Minister of Finance JFI, Hon. W. Nash). Although no official statemgijtijKEsiK been issued, it is reported merchants held that there vroma&SS&j.:.. serious effect on harvests ternal Marketing Division to the potato marketing businep. A 2s*|p point was made at both deputapw; that the merchants had given nRaS support to all Government increased production. particularly the present campaign for a n»ggt.jg wheat acreage, and fiat GoverV® 6 ". intervention would result in 8 low production by farmers. The Government’s reply to tn* ,{s*ll' presentations made by the mercna“ ~m is now awaited. _ The only part played by ernraent in the marketing of sx since the war began has been me P“v » chase through the merchants Vf Pood Controller of supplies tof ™ Amy and the United States forcw. . & Quotations on Canterbury WgSL.'Tgl last week were £7 15s a ton for and. dakotas and £8 5s a ton, sacw free on board, for Suttons and Edwards. Jnm Of the total area of 27.178 acTßjgsg potatoes in New Zealand in twajaj 44 season. 15,728 acres were in bury.. TMs province produced tons of the total Dominion yie»