Auckland Grocers United
ONION EMBARGO
[Per Press Association. Copyright.'] AUCKLAND, This Day. “We pledge ourselves to endeavour to secure the support of all merchants to refuse to handle Japanese onions,” was part of a resolution carried by the Auckland Master Grocers’ Association at a largely-attended meeting last night.
Copies are being sent to 250 members of the association in the Auckland district, and also to produce merchants. The reason fox* the action, as stated in the resolution, is that “Japanese are subjecting fixe British people to indignities beyond those which any member of the British Empire should be called upon to suffer.”
It was recognised in discussion that in view of the stand already taken by the Chinese fruiterei's, the major portion of the onion shipment would have to be disposed of through grocers’ shops, and that a stand taken by grocers would be an effectivve barrier against the sale of a large quantity ’of onions.
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Northern Advocate, 19 July 1939, Page 3
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156Auckland Grocers United Northern Advocate, 19 July 1939, Page 3
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