Metric System Sought
j (N Z Press Association) ROTORUA, February 11. ; The representatives of New Zealand’s 3000 grocers want the metric system introduced as soon as possible. Meeting in Rotorua, the Naitional Association of Retail Grocers (formerly the Master; Grocer’s Federation), agreed; that the successful and easy; change to decimal currency; encouraged moves to adopt! !the metric system. 1 The conference agreed to ;change the name of the ,or-| ganisation after the managing-] secretary (Mr R. M. Barker),, said the term “master grower” was meaningless today.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32221, 13 February 1970, Page 12
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