ALARMING WASTE
AUSTRALIAN FRUIT EXPERTS. CARELESSNESS ALLEGED. By Telegraph—Pres9 Assn.—Copyright SYDNEY, January 29. Mr L. H'. Freeman, chief partner in the firm of Freeman and Company, of London, who are big buyers of canned goods, stated that the careless and indifferent methods of packers and canners are killing the Australian export trade in canned and preserved fruit. There is a glut of ripe fruit at present, and hundreds of tons are going to the tips daily, or rotting in the orchards. There' is not a single export order for Australia at present, whereas there should be orders fpr 300,000 to 400,000 cases. He urged the grading o< goods true to sample, so that they would reach the retailer in an attractive marketable condition.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10812, 31 January 1921, Page 5
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