UNSOLD ORANGES
PICTURE OF HITLER
RESENTMENT IN LONDON
A consignment of 100,000 oranges from Spain was withdrawn from a sale by auction at the London Fruit Exchange, Spitalfields, recently because the oranges were wrapped in paper bearing a picture of Hitler. Two hundred buyers who were present had expressed their resentment at the wrapper before the sale began, and when the lots were announced there were ironical shouts of "Heil Hitler." The auctioneer then said, "Lots 63 to 73 are withdrawn, gentlemen," an announcement which was greeted with cheers.
A buyer stated that only samples of the oranges were brought to Spitalfields. The whole consignment was at the wharf. They all agreed not to bid for the lots, and the auctioneer had apparently heard about the consternation which the wrapper had caused.. Hitler's picture was in a frame bearing the name of the growers. It was explained to the buyers later that there had been a mistake, and that the shipment of oranges was apparently intended for Germany. They were assured that nothing of this nature would occur again.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22004, 10 January 1935, Page 6
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