GRADING OF ONIONS
PRODUCE BUYERS DISCUSS DIFFICULTIES (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, April 17. A group of Wellington produce buyers met the Director-General of Agriculture (Mr A. H. Cockayne) yesterday to discuss difficulties and misunderstandings arising out of the Board of Trade regulations that came into operation recently.
The main contention of the buyers was the unsatisfactory grading of onions received from agents . and farmers. South Island onions, graded by farmers as No. 1, have proved on inspection to be not up to the standard required and considerable delay and inconvenience have been experienced in selling such consignments, as buyers had been prohibited from selling such onions without special permit from the department. The director-general said that all producers concerned in the trade had had the position explained to them by letter, and the responsibility was theirs in cases where consignments were not up to standard. He stated that the present abuse of the system would be rectified by immediate- and drastic action by the department. Under the present state of affairs, producers were avoiding the purpose of the regulations and their co-operation in almost every case was lacking.
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Southland Times, Issue 23178, 20 April 1937, Page 7
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188GRADING OF ONIONS Southland Times, Issue 23178, 20 April 1937, Page 7
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