N.Z. VEGETABLES
WELCOME IN SYDNEY
SYDNEY, February 3,
A fairly large consignment of New Zealand mixed vegetables arrived by the Awatea today. Most of the shipment will be marketed tomorrow, and it is certain to find a brisk sale in view of the unprecedented shortage of green vegetables in the eastern States.
Peas, beans, marrows, and cabbages are in strong demand at fancy prices. The large hotels, cafes, and hospitals are unable to obtain full supples except by cornering the market. Potatoes and onions are also at famine prices owing to the short supply.
Three hundred tons of New Zealand onions arrived today and will be marketed tomorrow, thus affording some relief, but far greater consignments are needed to meet the public clamour. Local agents are hoping that New Zealand growers will be able to rise to the occasion for a couple of months and get consumers here out of trouble.
The New Zealand veegtables which arrived today were in excellent condition, being unaffected by the voyage.
The current market price for peas is from 10s to 16s a bushel, beans 14s to 225, cabbages up to 16s a dozen, brown onions £25 to £26 a ton, white onions £20 a ton, and potatoes up to £22 a ton.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 29, 4 February 1939, Page 10
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209N.Z. VEGETABLES Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 29, 4 February 1939, Page 10
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