CITRUS INDUSTRY.
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"When the Legislative Council was discussing the Orchard and Gardens Diseases Bill, which is concerned with protecting the citrus fruit industry in the Dominion. Hon. B. C. Robins, of Tauranga, said that lemons, grapefruit and oranges grown in New Zealand were equal to anything that could be imported and dhould be given all possible protection from imported diseases. Hon. J. Cotter said he approved of the measure, but thought the regulations governing the sale of citrus fruits a mistake. While householders wanted lemons and could not buy them because they were too dear, lemons were rotting on trees in private gardens because they could not be sold. A monopoly should not be given to a group of growers who were not in a position to supply the market at a reasonable price.
Owing to a typographical error in the report which appeared in last evening’s issue it was made to appear, by t’he omission of Mr Cotter’s name, that the full statement was attributable to Mr Robins.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 265, 8 October 1940, Page 10
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