AFRICAN FRUITGROWERS ALARMED
LORD WOOLTON’S STATEMENT BRITISH BAN ON FRUIT [U P A -Bv Electric Telegraph-Copynjtnt] (Received 4th December. 1.30 p.m.) LONDON. 3rd December. “The Telegraph’s” Capetown correspondent says that Lord Woltcn’s statement has alarmed South African fruitgrowers, who may lose half a million sterling if j the ban is applied this season. A permit was recently obtained from the Ministry of Food to export 20,000 tons of fresh and 8000 tons of pulped fruit. Local markets cannot absorb the whole of the I fruit crop and growers fear a glut will cause a disastrous depression j in prices. i “We need more ships, and must in- | crease our ships’ usefulness by at least 110 per cent. We cannot afford to bring : in things not essential to the war. That | is why I have cut out import, of all fruits except oranges, and all canned ■ fruits,” said Lord Woolton (Minister ! of Food) yesterday. “My Christmas box to you is an Ondiminished meat ration—which will however, be smaller in the near future. You may also have less bacon from ‘time to time than you rre now rcc«i*» ing.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 4 December 1940, Page 6
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