ONIONS FOR AUSTRALIA
LARGEST SHIPMENTS FOR YEARS CROP FAILURE IN VICTORIA (Special to Daily Times) AUCKLAND, Jan. 9. Onion growers in New Zealand will benefit through the shipment of consignments to Australia this season. I will be the first time for a number of years that any considerable quantity has been sent to the Commonwealth. The first small shipment will leave by the Niagara to-morrow for Sydney, and further supplies will be sent by subsequent vessels. . The demand has arisen through the poor crop in Victoria, the principal onion-growing State in the Commonwealth. Owing to drought, the cron is proving insufficient to meet the country’s needs. . A further shipment will leave Auckland by the Awatea next week, and there will be a large shipment of some thousands of bags by the Wanganella on February 2. Consignments in the course of the season will be sent to both Sydney and Melbourne. It is anticipated that the majority of the onions will come from the Auckland province on account of the good keeping qualities of supplies from this district.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23703, 10 January 1939, Page 9
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177ONIONS FOR AUSTRALIA Otago Daily Times, Issue 23703, 10 January 1939, Page 9
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