FRUIT AND VEGETABLES ROT IN SHOPS
AUCKLAND, Dee. 28. Ilundreds of pounds worth of fruit and vegelaliles rotted in greengrocers ' shops over ihe holiday period and with the rapid growth accelerated by rain during Friday night growers also sulfered losses. Although shops wero supposed to close at 9 o'clock on Christmas Kve several slayed open for an hour or more later in an endeavour to clear the produce which ivould otherwise have l>een h»t. Oue shop which had been selliiig «l ra '.v berries at up to (is a ehip earlier in the !ay reduced the pnce suecessively to 2s 6d and 2s. — '"V ■ "
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Chronicle (Levin), 29 December 1947, Page 7
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