NEW ZEALAND FRUIT
BAN IN AUSTRALIA. EXPLANATION OF REASON. FEAR OF FIRE BLIGHT. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.)
Received September 29, 9.25 a.m. - SYDNEY, Sept. 29.
Mr Herrod, secretary of the Fruitgrowers’ Federation of New South .Wales, replying to the report from Wellington of an agitation by New Zealand fruitgrowers to secure the admission of New Zealand fruit to the Australian markets, says that this ban was not on account of trade reasons, but because of the danger of the introduction of bacterial blight, more commonly known as fire blight. Any proposal to lift the embargo would be most strenuously opposed by fruitgrowers throughout the length and breadth of the Commonwealth. Fortunately, Australia was free from the fire blight disease, and every possible care must be taken to ensure that it does not secure entry. It is desired to emphasise that the embargo is not placed against the importation of New Zealand fruit as such, but against all countries in which fire blight exists.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 257, 29 September 1932, Page 7
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