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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 111, 3 February 1908, Page 4

"My firm'opinion is that tho Government are a Jot of rogues," was tho disguated 'comment of a grower at the indignation .meeting of tlin vignerous hold recently in ' Auckland, upon tho romoval of i the rofitriotions upon tho importation of . Australian grapes,. "flcro tho' Government ' encourages us To plant vines and carrios out experiments at tho Stato farms, and sends instructors and -inspectors round, nn.i now coolly turns round and outs our throats." ho-addixl. Hut there was more'to be said, adds the "N.Z.' Herald." "Wo should not only protest in the strongest poB- 1 sible terms, but wo'should use threats," ho wont on, "wc should thrcaton that if the Government persists in this action and lets in tli c fruit fly to ruin our orchards;' wo will eirpwl full compensation for all tho moiwy wo Ipso, and tho loss oir our labour, .and wo will douiand this restitutir j because tho Government will have only, itself to blame." It Was gbnorally held that thoro could not possibly be propor inspection of; grapes' for: th e detection of. tho'presence' of tho fruit fly,'and' 'once this pest got,firmly established nil fruit tices-ii) the Dominion might uis well te bleared out a!S so muoli rubbish. A