Cantdiner War Goes On

Northern Advocate, 18 February 1949, Page 5

Cantdiner War Goes On

i AUCKLAND, Fri. (P.A.) The “war” over container charges coni tinues unchanged and both growei's 1 and retailers continue to boycott each other. 1 Growers refuse to concede 6d on tfyeir containers and retailers are equally adamant in their refusal to pay the extra. Housewives today purchased vegetables and fruit from growers’ lorries i on approved city sites. “This dispute is entirely a matter between the growers and retailers; in fact, the growers, when acquainting the fruit brokers with the position, were emphatic that they desired the brokers to be strictly neutral and to keep out of the dispute which they claimed was entirely a matter of grower versus retailer,” says a statement supplied by the secretary of the Wellington Brokers’ Organisation (Mr M. Robb). POSITION MADE CLEAR The statement added that in view of the wide publicity given the container dispute, the Wellington brokers felt their position should be made clear. "Wellington fruit and produce brokers and auctioneers consider it most regrettable that the present situation has arisen, and sincerely hope an early settlement will be effected,” the statement said. “They would be happy to take any step which would bring the two parties together, and have, in face, offered to move in this direction. “Unfortunately, this offer is apparently not acceptable at the moment.” (SETTLEMENT ATTEMPTS Page 7)

RROOKBY SONG. The champion steeplechaser Brookby Song, who last year won the steeplechase treble, is not to be retired as rumoured, but will return to training under the direction of Mr R. E. Hall at Papatoetoe.