FRUIT INDUSTRY CONTROL
MINIMUM GUARANTEE ESSENTIAL [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, August 4. Control of the fruit industry was discussed at tho annual conference of tho Now Zealand Fruitgrowers’ Federation to-day. it was unanimously decided—■“ That this conference favours organisation of the marketing of fruit, both export and local, on the basis of a minimum guarantee that will assure the producer a reasonable reward for his labour, the control to be in the hands, of the growers, in co-operation with tho internal marketing authorities.” It was also decided that the Government should be pressed to introduce the standardisation of fruit for tho coming season. When the conference closed the chairman (Mr H. E. Stephens) intimated that a second conference of the Fruit Export Control Board might be held towards tho end of tho year, “ because we do not know where we stand until the Government declares its policy.”
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Evening Star, Issue 22719, 5 August 1937, Page 3
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148FRUIT INDUSTRY CONTROL Evening Star, Issue 22719, 5 August 1937, Page 3
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