JAPANESE ONIONS
BOYCOTT IN AUCKLAND
[PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
AUCKLAND, July 16.
Strong resentment has been aroused lamong the Chinese community throughout New Zealand by the Government’s decision to import Japanese onions. A shipment stated to comprise 700 to 800 tons has been ordered by the Government, and is due to arrive at Auckland later this month by the Naniwa Maru. Chinese fruiterers throughout the Dominion have decided to boycott the onions, and in this stand they are supported by a large' section of European members of the trade.
Feeling rose high when the matter was discussed at a recent meeting of fruiterers, one of the largest ever held in Auckland, and although only a few Chinese v/ere present, criticism of the Government's action was general. Several members of the trade who were approached were of the opinion that the boycott, would be supported by many Europeans and all the Chinese in the retail fruit business. 1 One leading - fruiterer said that even if he stocked Japanese onions he did not expect the public would buy them in view of the present attitude of Japan to Britain.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 July 1939, Page 10
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