ISLAND FRUITGROWERS
POSITION TO BE INVESTIGATED VISIT BY PARLIAMENTARIANS (From Our Parliamentary Reporter) WELLINGTON, June 9. Three members of Parliament —Messrs J. Robertson (Govt., Masterton), C. L. Hunter (Govt., Manawatu), and S. G. Holland (Opposition, Christchurch North)—are to leave for Rarotonga on July 7 to investigate the position of fruitgrowers and exporters. _ This announcement was made to-night by the Prime Minister (Mr M. J. Savage), who said that ho had asked the Minister of Industries and Commerce (Mr D. 6. Sullivan) to appoint three members of the Industries and Commerce Committee to make the trip. “ The committee has recently been considering petitions from Island fruitgrowers regarding the marketing of their fruit in New Zealand,” said Mr Savage. “It appears to me that the whole position lias been allowed to drift too long. The trade must be properly organised. We want Island growers to receive a fair price, and we certainly want supplies of their oranges. It is high time the matter was investigated on the spot.” ( Mr Sullivan said the three selected members of the committee would leave on July 7 to look into the actual state of affairs in the Cook Islands and report back to the committee before it framed its report on the petitions for presentation to Parliament.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22903, 10 June 1936, Page 10
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