SHORTAGE OF ORANGES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22719, 4 May 1937, Page 7

SHORTAGE OF ORANGES

ATTACK ON MINISTER PLENTY IN AUSTRALIA [by telegraph—own* correspondent] DUNEDIN, Monday, On the strength of definite information that supplies of oranges are procurable in Australia at reasonable prices, several local retailers and brokers launched a strong attack on the Minister of Industries and Commerce, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, when interviewed. Mr. Newall, secretary of the Otago Retail Fruiterers' Association, stated that from the attitude adopted by the Minister it was obvious the Government did not share in the fruit Committee's view that the public should be supplied with cheaper fruit. -The continuation of the embargo on Australian oranges meant that the public were being deprived of a source of fruit available at a much cheaper rate than at present exists. Another retailer contended that it was a most unfair policy to select oranges as a medium for bargaining. No embargo was placed on other articles imported from Australia, although the total trade in 1935 amounted to £'4,000,000. Surely, in view of such facts, the public* should demand the immediate lifting of the embargo on Australian oranges, in order that,they might have access to what was regarded as a vital and necessary food, he said.

RELATIONS WITH AUSTRALIA "THE SPIRIT OF ANZAC" [BY TELEGRAPH —rSESS ASSOCIATION* ! CHRISTCHURCH, Monday A suggestion that returned soldiers' organisations in New Zealand, and Australia should take a hand in trying to bring about a settlement of the dispute between the Dominion and the Commonwealth regarding potatoes and orauges was made by Mr. W. E. Leadley, president of the Christchurch lieturned Soldiers' Association, at the annual reunion of the Australian and Imperial Forces Association on Saturdav evening. "Year bv vear this dispute drags on, and the people of both countries suffering in consequence," he said. To mv mind the time has arrived when the Anzacs in New Zealand and Australia should make a determined effort end this dispute, and I suggest the New Zealand RetuAVed Soldiers' Association conference and a conference or the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League of Australia should both pass resolutions strongly urging their respective Governments to settle this dispute at the earliest possible moment, as it is not shared by the is contrary to the spirit of Anzac."