FRUIT EXPORT RUSH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20228, 12 April 1929, Page 12

FRUIT EXPORT RUSH.

INSPECTORS BECOME TIRED.

DISPUTE AND SETTLEMENT

Following on an appeal by the Fruit Export Control Board for increased supplies of fruit to till shipments arranged. Nelson growers have made every effort recently to increase their output, with the result that a continuous lino of motors is to be found at the port of Mapua—from which much of the Mouterc fruit is shipped—from early morning until closing time at night. Some difficulty has arisen due to the closing of th» inspection sheds for an hour at mid-day during the rush period. Matters reached a crisis at Mapua last Monday morning, when the Government inspectors refused duty altogether, says the Nelson Mail, as a protest against a request made by the representative of the Export Control Board and the Fruitgrowers' Federation, who was acting as agent for the shippers. About 15 loads of fruit were held up for the greater part of the morning, and during this period a very large number of growers assembled at the port. Fortunately, as a result of a conference between the fruitgrowers' representatives and the Government officials, an agreement of a temporary nature, was reached, and work was resumed at 11.30 a.m. "under protest."