FRUIT AUCTIONS
BUYERS' BOYCOTT STARTED POLICE CALLED IN [pee pbess association.] CHRISTCHURCH, December 27. With the object of forcing certain changes in the system under which fruit is auctioned in Christchurch, members of the recently formed Buyers’ Association launched a boycott, against one broking firm this morning. It is the intention of the Association to direct a boycott against each firm in turn. Two policemen stood outside the premises, having been summoned by the firm’s manager. It is stated that one policeman at the request of the manager escorted the Secretary of the Buyers’ Association from the auction room, after the man had been asked three times to leave. Buyers stated that the trouble went back to the handling of Australian oranges. It is alleged that brokers let the buyers down by agreeing to exorbitant prices. The buyers had several other complaints and objected to the practice of allowing private buyers to compete at auction, and taking advantage of wholesale prices.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 27 December 1934, Page 5
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161FRUIT AUCTIONS Greymouth Evening Star, 27 December 1934, Page 5
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