MANDARIN SUPPLIES
NONE KEPT FOR AUCKLAND AN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION Complaints have been made by city retailers that none of the 3000 cases of mandarins ivhich were brought to Auckland from Fiji last week was made available for Auckland shops and that tlie entire shipment was railed to Wellington. They claimed that, although there was a good market for the mandarins Jocally, the Internal Marketing Division refused to sell any of the shipment in Auckland. In explanation, an official of the division stated yesterday that all of the three previous shipments had been distributed around Auckland;' small quantities going to Whangarei and the Waikato. Southern North Island towns had received none. Not one of the three consignments had been large enough to satisfy more than a limited market. Considering this, he thought Auckland had been more favourably treated than other parts. It was unlikely that mandarins .would be available for more than a few weeks longer, as the season for Island oranges, with which Auckland was now being well supplied, was at its height. It is understood, however, that about' 500 cases of mandarins will arrive at Auckland from l'iji some time next week, and the greater proportion will be available for the Auckland market.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23661, 21 May 1940, Page 6
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