FRUIT BARROWS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19178, 8 December 1927, Page 8

FRUIT BARROWS.

APPLICATIONS pon LICENSES RECEIVER

FRUIT AUCTIONEERS. yd» POINT, *

At to-day'a meeting of tk B.i Committee several application.ft censos for fruit and vegetable 1," * to be placed on the streets wUi ,*" 4 * 1 sidered, and the conditions the licenses will bo granted wiu Cj eided upon. It is consider that the committee wli) method in vogue in matter of the disposal of tlft,w£ stands for barrows. The wim * City Council offers the stands by auction ever* thIL ceived advico that at the latest of these rights in Wellington th# ol tamed ranged from £6 to £iv2 the throo months' period, * Somo comments were made to i rosentative of The Press vJLj?' by Mr D. M. Park, oftheSulfSS eering firm of Park, Davis 3v relative to some of the critteUms 3 at the City Council on Monday of the manner in which fruit anefoZS are alleged to conduct their "In the first placo," Mr "as you can see, anyone can tom.UJ and buy as long a 8 ho has the uofirtZ pay for what he buys. The oak *, striction is that, in the case of sttt* berries, for instance, fruit auetldi*, cannot undortake to sell one puma*! a member of the public. If they H business on thoso lines they wotild Lite get through."

As to the statement that a retettt it put on fruit offered at auction, HrM produced tho receipt book in fruit and other produce receivedfa sale by auction, and the receipt distinctly states that the fruit, y.jt, served for sale by auction serve.Mr Park said that noittft was received on which a reeetvel-fit placed. Certainly the grower witw. tected by the auctioneer to the tttai that the auctioneer saw that the ftivfe got the full market price for hti As to the suggestion that big phAu wqre made in the fruit trade, Urln said that any member of the;'j§@i| could attend tho sales, note the Jftjj paid, and then compare them wttilj retail prices. < p Mr Park said that as far at Ul fc was concerned there had bees cott of any grower's fruit. AUifl he took exception to were the Of tions made by the Mayor on tilgj (Mr Park) considered insufficient t£ ledge. "I haven't seen Mr Awm the auction roomB," Mr Park rftttlfa "and apparently he does not IS < what ho is talking about. TfctJl member of the City Council wiltt 1 seen here is Cr. Lyons, WhO.hii lw himself acquainted with the JBUlrft which the business is you see, tho whole thing ii bpeft" f SOU' WEST CAtffl i \ DAMAGE ONHILLSi - Yesterday Uphill brought promise of in Bpite of the blowing. Shortly altot the wind veered round tt» temperature falling rapwtyi w »• City was enveloped in 4w IWW3 one of the most severe gutt fM years. Bain commenced dime timo, although the bravely through a rift Apart from tho the dust, the gale did ienMjMjW in some parts of the Gity,tuefljßllP Hills being particularly wwW wireless mast eighty tee} tyjplli® a Hackthorne road, property, down, and rubbish scatwm'?MP;

directions. The temporary roof covemgHM the new rooms at the Takahe, on the HiUs, wrtJWjflJ by the storm, severs} inMtt «J[ vanised iron being blotftt Oji BU canvas covering ripped low Jjg nately a gang of workmen nearby at the time, and wot »%! repair the damage piomptty Wm the building from more Last evening the SOU Btill blowing, out had fcbfttM Wfff, ably in force. The weathW,Ws| the temperature falling f«® 'w early in the morning to » aepwi- ' 1 'm? WELLINGTON BUfF^W (FBEBS .iSBOOUTIOH WELLINGTON,' De4ett %l The storm last night coPtPTOr damage begun by last weekaWftthe wind on this occasion opposite direction, comiM north-west and viously sheltered. TkM, W-y wires-suffered, but not so of house# found their telephones and ei«w viees interrupted. down at Thorndon. The bwW*JJ registered was at 3.80, wm . f an hour was recorded. were recorded throughout last night.