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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11539, 16 January 1932, Page 9

It'is doubtful H' oven'a-lloviil Oaiumission- could got .to -the bottom ot tho mystery which .surrounds the problem of ascertaining exactly >Uor<s tiro .profits from tolling frith find tlrcir permanent resting place;- '> A lloxburgli farmer who ’was-in Dunedin- the,other , day said that- lm was forced .to sell .big, firm .cherries at yd a lb—ii. price which merely paid for the 'expense ‘of picking'and packing. In Dunedin lid'saw*exactly the bame' kind ef ‘cherries (perhaps, they were from his own or chard) selling at Is Cd a .lb, 'rjiere Certainly does seem an jump'from Hd to‘ls Cd..-* says the "Christchurch Star,”-and evjeiv.if this should'indi-. cate i\ shjipply-deftaud. anil mprp or loss isolated. example of profiteering, a system of marketing which makes such a state of'affairs’possible’ should be investigated and overhauled by the proper authorities.. . ••