FRUIT MARKETING

Greymouth Evening Star, 20 November 1939, Page 10

FRUIT MARKETING

OTAGO RESOLUTIONS.

DUNEDIN, November 19.

Willingness to meet the Government in- the--present period of emergency, but a desire that some finality should be reached at the earliest possible moment over theWarketing of this season’s fruit crop’, were expressed in two resolutions carried at a representative meeting of fruitgrowers of Otago at Roxburgh on Saturday. Discussion at the meeting covered-.a,great deal of. previous ground, but the resolutions, which were carried unanimously, fairIv represented the views of those present. The price which the Otago grower is prepared to accept for pip fruit is one. which will give him and his family a living at least equal to that of-the average.orchard worker. Mr., F. G. Duncan, representing the FrUit ? Control Board, presided,

- The resolutions were as -follow: — “That in view of the present emergency, this meeting of; Otago pip fruit growers is prepared to accept any scheme which will assure the grower a standard of living. for himself and his -family at least equal to that of the average adult orchard worker, and in particular we strongly support the recommendations forwarded to the Minister by the chairman of the conference of the Fruit Growers’ Federation and the Fruit Control Board under the date, November 2 last.” “That in order to obtain quick finality in the present difficult position of Dip fruit growers, this meeting recommends that further negotiations between the Government and the industry be conducted by a small executive committee without further reference to growers.”