TONS OF ONIONS
SUPPLY FOR AUSTRALIA WANGANELLA'S CONSIGNMENT LARGEST TO LEAVE DOMINION The largest shipment of onions ever sent from New Zealand will he carried by the Wanganella, which leaves Auckland to-day for Sydney. The shipment comprises approximately 10,000 cental bags, weighing over 450 tons. Several consignments have already been shipped from Auckland to Australia this season. Following this shipment, the quantities despatched locally for the Australian market will be much smaller, as the bulk of the crops have been harvested and the greater part of the remainder will be held by growers for the Auckland .market. Shipments will continue to be sent from the Christchurch district, where crops are just beginning to be harvested. The demand has been caused by the recent drought in Australia, where a proportion of the crops was ruined. Victoria, which supplies two-thirds of Australia's requirements of onions, had its production this year reduced by more than half.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23287, 4 March 1939, Page 12
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153TONS OF ONIONS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23287, 4 March 1939, Page 12
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