TOMATO INDUSTRY
CROP WORTH £200,000 BENDIGO (Victoria), Jan. 17. ' Which have been compiled by’-the secretary of the Advance Bendigo and the North League, Mr. A. Iv Staples, from information supplied by, the Bailway Department and by local ftictories and other industries, show that during the 1928-29 season Bendigo pro-, dufed 994,000 cases of tomatoes. Of that quantity 419,000 cases were despatched by rail, 550,000 cases were treated ftt factories, and 2500'cases wero Coin sumed within the district. Prices foi| the early tomatoes ‘varied from 25s to 12s 6d per -caso, but factory tomatoes brtnight 'Wnly from 2s to 4s per case.Accenting -4s as this -average price ob>tairied per case, it made: the tomato crop .worth £200,000 to. Bendigo. ’ From ‘the somewhat meagre reports obtained from the egg industry it was shoWn that the output from Bendigo, was wdrth £62,000 per annum.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17181, 11 February 1930, Page 2
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