COMMISSION ON FRUIT.
GROWERS AND AUCTIONEERS.
DISPUTE IN WELLINGTON. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON. Monday. ' A dispute has arisen between growers of vegetables and auctioneers, in connection with alterations in the latter'a charges and the disposal of sacks and boxes. It is stated that the auctioneers want to sell containers with the produce, not allowing the growers anything. The growers threatened to send in the produce loose, and the . auctioneers decided to increase the commission on loose produce from 10 to 12£ per cent. The producers meet to-night to discuss the matter, the suggestion being made that the markets should be boycotted.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18387, 1 May 1923, Page 6
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