ONIONS FROM JAPAN

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 21, 25 July 1939, Page 15

ONIONS FROM JAPAN

A QUIET ENTRY

NO MARKETING DIFFICULTY

(By Telogriiph—Pre^s Association.J

AUCKLAND, July 24,

Unloading of the shipment of 725 tons of Japanese onions which arrived at Auckland by the Najniwa Maru on Saturday morning began this morning. The Director of Internal Marketing, Mr. F. R. Picot, who arrived from Wellington to superintend the imports, said the onions had arrived in good condition and deliveries direct to the trade had already begun. It was hoped to have the shipment unloaded by tomorrow evening. The entire shipment for the whole Dominion was only 725 tons and not 1000 ton?, as previously reported, Mr. Picot said. It was not the intention to place ihern on the market at the one time, but to feed the market as shortages in various localities made themselves apparent. The larger proportion was for the Auckland Province.

Questioned as to the recently-sug-gested boycott on the .part of the Auckland Master Grocers' Association, Mr. Picot said he had interviewed several of the larger retailers in Auckland. They had stated definitely that they would be handling the line.

The onions from the Naniwa Maru are to be treated by the Auckland waterside workers a? ordinary general merchandise entering the country. This decision was made by members of the Auckland Waterside Workers' Union, who held a special meeting to discuss the point. They were pleased to learn, it was stated, that the Internal Marketing Division had given an assurance that no further Japanese produce would be imported.