TOMATOES FROM RAROTONGA.
COMPLAINT BY NELSON GROWERS,
[BY TELEGRAPH.— CORRESPOXDESI.I Wellington, Thursday. Interesting questions arose cut of tha complaint made to the Prime Minister to-day by a deputation of tomato grow"* from Nelson, that there is danger >' their trade being ruined by the competition of tomatoes from Rarotonga. Only" lately has tho culture of tomatoes »' export been taken up in tho Cook Group and, of course, it is done by natiV* labour, at, say, 2s a day, -, i : le the Ne* Zealand grower has to pay 10s a day f'!. his labour. One of the suggestions of tJJ deputation was that tho New Zealand labour laws should be made to apply m the Cook group. ' V .... Mr. Massey, in his reply, pointed <fl?». "a that the Cook Islands were political'/ pari of New Zealand, and it would h»;:S| difficult for that reason to keep out Oo» Island products from our markets. Th*» matter was one for Parliament to <" 5 * cuss, and he promised to give it c ° 1 ?" sideration, :■■>>%% f Imp-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16204, 14 April 1916, Page 4
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171TOMATOES FROM RAROTONGA. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16204, 14 April 1916, Page 4
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