PRICE OF POTATOES
[*r TXLXGKA7X — SPSCIAL XO THB POST.] DUNEDIN, This Daj. The high price of potatoes is explained by the large shipments to Sydney yesterday. The Moeraki took about 600 tons, -while the Waihora, sailing from the Bluff to-day, will ship 800 tons, making 1 1400 tons ior the week. For New Zealand potatoes, Sjdneyitee are giving about £10 per ton, while the local price $b only £6. A comprehensive list of "charges" constones £2 10s of the difference, and 30b remains as the prospective profit. Most of the potatoes are 'being sent on consignment.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 10, 11 July 1912, Page 7
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96PRICE OF POTATOES Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 10, 11 July 1912, Page 7
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