ISLAND FRUIT
COMPLAINT FROM THE SOUTH DUNEDIN WANTS DIRECT * STEAMER. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, August 17. Dunedin merchants, commenting on the probable withdrawal of the Ngakuta from the Island trade, state that she should be transferred to the Cook Island-South Island trade. Mr Reilly president of the Fruit Brokers’ Association stated that the South Island never had sufficient Island oranges, and w ?j 3 , being fed in a limited manner T 1 * 1 , mt rejected for cool storage at Auckland and Wellington. The North Island sent rejected fruit to the southern market at prices which did not give the southern merchants a margin of profit. When the North Island was short tho South Island got no fruit, and when there was a glut the ..outli received the surplus, usually when the local market was well supplied.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12528, 18 August 1926, Page 6
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136ISLAND FRUIT New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12528, 18 August 1926, Page 6
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