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SAUCE TOMATOES
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) ■ AUCKLAND, August 23. Auckland district growers of tomatoes for sauce manufacture will receive £8 a ton for their crop throughout the approaching season, an increase of £1 a ton on last year's prices. : Dissatisfied with rates which have been ruling since before the depression,, growers recently countered manufacturers' offer of £7 10s a ton with a request for £9 6s Bd. In subsequent negotiations Government mediators assisted the parties to reach a compromise of £8 a ton. Captain Currey, who was appointed growers' representative at a meeting called by the Auckland Commercial Gardeners' Society, said the increase in the season's payout over that of last season would be about £3000. the output being estimated at 3000 tons. As a result, contracts being let at pre-1 sent for forward delivery in several months' time would involve a cheque to the growers of about £24,000.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 47, 24 August 1939, Page 8
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