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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 26 June 1945, Page 6

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TRIESTE STRIKE OFF LONDON. June 25.—The general strike in Trieste has ended. It was called as a protest against the British action in disbanding the local police. TRUMAN IN 'FRISCO LONDON, Junb 25.— President Truman has arrived in San Francisco. MINISTER'S TRIBUTE WELLINGTON, This Day.—Opening the annual conference of the Do- j minion Council of Commercial Gar- < deners. Ltd., to-day, the Minister of Markctir.g i.Mr Roberts) thanked, on behalf ut the Government and the ish Government, the commercial vege- | table growers for the important part - they have played during the war, commending them for the large increases in production. He cited as an instance the period from November to January. when cabbage production leaped • from (lie norma! six to eight tcr.< per acre to 25 tons. Although pheno-i l -.u productivity had presented initial difficulties, New Zen’nnd had been able to provide ample supplies for the United States Joint Purchasing Board, whose vegetable purchases had risen from 139 ton s in 1942, to 49,990 tons this year. The Minister said he was ■ proud that two days after the Americans invaded IWO Jima they were eating fresh vegetables from New Zealand. Mr. Roberts said he wanted a tween the primary producer and the State, especially the State as representing the consumer. The stage had been reached when mas s production and mass distribution must come into force.—P.A. CENSORSHIP OF MAILS j WELLINGTON, This Day —The Censorship Department stated to-day that the censorship of mails between New Zealand and Australia had been de:tatement that the Australian censorship had ended was publishedcensorship of mails between New Zealand and Briti b and United States territories ceased this month, except places within the Japanese war zones.