COSTLY FRUIT.
WAIPAHI'S ORANGE CARGO
HALE THROWN AWAY.
It is not surprising that oranges are dear just now. The last shipment by the Waipahi arrived in such a condition that half the 8000 cases had to be thrown away when the fruit was repacked. Several reasons are given for the mouldy state of so much of the fruit. At the end of the season the fruit does not keep as well as earner in the season, and some of it was picked too soon. These are two of the mam reasons. The fact that the steamer had on board a lot of copra—a very heating cargo—is remarked on by some of the merchants, but the company's reply to that is that the copra was in a separate hold and that there was no communication between the copra holds and the fruit holds. The effect of such a loss on the prices is apparent. Freight and port charges at each end account for 4/ a case, on top of which there is the charge of the growers. When these charges have to be doubled owing to the fact that half the cargo turned out unfit for use, it is readily understood why the present prices run'up to 20/ a case.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 226, 24 September 1929, Page 15
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209COSTLY FRUIT. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 226, 24 September 1929, Page 15
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