CITRUS FRUIT GROWERS
PLIGHT IN AUSTRALIA Rec. 9.30 a.m. SYDNEY, this day. Citrus fruit growers claim they face ruin if the Prices Commiss.oner does not increase the factory price of £10 10/ a ton for oranges to be made into juice for the forces. It is understood the factory price for lemons will be fixed at £13 10/ a ton and for grapefruit £12 10/. A protest meeting is to be held, growers stating that citrus fruit sold on the open market brought between £20 and £30 a ton. Large orders have been made by the military authorities, one factory alone having been asked for 2000 tons. Government instructions have been issued for requisitioning fruit if sufficient cannot be obtained under contract.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 167, 17 July 1942, Page 5
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