WAR NEWS IN BRIEF
BANANAS FROM JAMAICA. [BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.] RUGBY, December 5. Before the Government took its recent decision to suspend the import of bananas for two months, arrangements were already made for all bananas from Jamaica to be disposed of through a pool operated •by the marketing companies, said the Un-der-Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. G. H. Hall), in an answer in the House of Commons. A guarantee to growers of a minimum price would be implemented, and would enable them to carry on while normal shipments to Britain were suspended. The advice of the Governor of Jamaica had been asked regarding further measures of assistance.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 7 December 1940, Page 8
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