New Zealand To Import Potatoes From Australia
CHRISTCHURCH, August 19.—For the first time in many years potatoes are to be imported to New Zealand, arrangements having been made loi shipment to the North Island, principally Auckland, in the immediate future of two consignments Hom Australia aggregating about 1000 tons. This importation is being made b> merchants affiliated to the New Zealand Grain, Seed and Produce Meichants’ Federation, by arrangement with the New Zealand Government. These two shipments may be the forerunner of others this year. The South Island merchants expect an acute shortage of potatoes before the new season’s early varieties are on the market. A Cashel street seed merchant said today:—“On the present outlook, there will not be enough potatoes, south of Cook strait, to supply the South Island requirements for the rest of the year. It is well over 10 years since potatoes were imported to New Zealand. Then two very large shipments were imported. Because they bulked so largely, a considerable quantity was ruined. This year this danger should be avoided, as the potatoes are being imported in smaller quantities.’'
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Greymouth Evening Star, 20 August 1949, Page 2
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