POTATO IMPORTS
An. instance of what he called “apparent exploitation” by potato-growers was quoted by Dr. McMillan (Government, Dunedin West) in a question of which he gave notice in the House of Representatives yesterday. Dr. McMillan intends to ask the Minister of Industries and Commerce, Mr. Sullivan, whether he has seen the complaints of Canterbury potato growers that the importation of potatoes from Canada will prevent them from obtaining high prices for upward of 1000 tons of potatoes they were holding in the expectation of a. continuance of the shortage. Dr McMillan asked whether the Minister' would lake .steps to prevent sueli ■■apparent exploitation” of consumers in the future.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 3, 28 September 1939, Page 11
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109POTATO IMPORTS Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 3, 28 September 1939, Page 11
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