ISLAND FLY IN FRUIT.
ORANGES CONDEMNED.
CONSIGNED TO AUCKLAND FIRM. [BY TELEGRAPH.—SrECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, Monday. Island fruit-fly is apparently making its presence felt in a large quantity of "oranges which arrived at Wellington from Rarotonga by the Union Company's steamer Tahiti last Thursday. The line in question is one of 1500 to 2000 cases, consigned to Auckland. Since the fruit arrived here it has been under rigid inspection by the fruit inspector, and it was decided to-day that the whole lot, which was consigned to Messrs. Jagger, Harvey, Millar and Co., should be condermied. It has not yet been decided what is to be done with the fruit. The regulations prescribe that it shall be burnt in the destructor, but tt /means an expense of about 9d per case. Once previously some condemned fruit was dumped at sea, but a portion of it was washed ashore later, so that the' authorities do not entertain the suggestion! to repeat the operation. It is estimated that this line of fruit alone is valued at from £1000 to £1200 at least. When the Aorangi arrived at Wellington from Rarotonga last month a line of 200 cases of oranges was condemned and burnt in the destructor.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15407, 16 September 1913, Page 8
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202ISLAND FLY IN FRUIT. New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15407, 16 September 1913, Page 8
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