FRUIT MARKET
AUSTRALIA AND DOMINION CONFERENCE IN SYDNEY WESTRALIAN GRIEVANCE SYIDNEY, Nov. 25. Representatives of the New Zealand Fruit Export Control Board, who arrived by the Wanganella. yesterday, held a preliminary- conference with representatives of the Australian Apple and Pear Export Council in Sydney to-day on the subject of the regulation of "the quantities of apples and pears being exported to the United Kingdom in the coming year. It is not expected that any statement will bo issued for a couple of days. Mr. H. E. Stephens is leading the New Zealand delegation. A Perth message states that a prominent West Australian fruit shipper, whose name has not been disclosed, severely criticised the cut-throat competition of some Tasmanian growers, and said that West Australian growers were Laving trouble in retaining the overseas markets solely for that reason. “ Tasmanians are offering Cleopatras, Sturmers and Scarlets at as low as 7s per box, c.i.f. United Kingdom and Continental ports, which is shillings below what we anticipated and expected, especially as Australia and New Zealand will work as last year on a quota basis in order to prevent the market being oversupplied.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 277, 27 November 1935, Page 7
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189FRUIT MARKET Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 277, 27 November 1935, Page 7
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