POTATOES ALMOST LUXURY

Feilding Star, Volume 7, Issue 2304, 5 September 1929, Page 6

POTATOES ALMOST LUXURY

THE POSITION TN. SYDNEY (Per Press Association) Auckland, Sept. j. Potatoes arc becoming almost a luxury in Sydney, according t° Mr L. W. Nelson, the well-known Whan gar ei stockbreeder and judge, w 1(0 returned to Auckland by the Illimaraa; after judging at tho National Show at Brisbane last month. : “Potatoes are practically rationed a't, - the hotels,” Mr Nelson said. “Even {it the vl>est cstahTiiishmeifts they can only ho had in limited quantities- Various women’s associations have declared a, boycott on Australian potatoes owing to the'refusal of title Government to allqw importations from New Zealand, but they are still selling at £22 a ton.”