Latest More in Vegetable Container Dispute
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WELLINGTON, Feb. 16. ■ Street saies of fruit and vegetables are planend by the growers in retaliation for the- Wellington and Hutt Valley retailers' refusal to buy their produce. - "Eet'ailers today announced their ban on the rnarts as a protest at the charge of 6d for containers. They say stocks j of fresh vegetables will suffice consumer j ueeds till the weekend. The retailers j will continue to supply hospitals, hotels, 1 boarding and eating houses but frora j what source the supplies would eome i was uot made clear tonight. Pickets are to be appointed by the Wellington Retail Fruiterers and Greengrocers' Association to patrol the streets to ensure that the ban is maintained by retailers, according to the seeretary, Mr. S. Chesney, tonight. Pickets will also approach members of the public- buying directly from the markets, requesting them not to do so. They will not interf ere with any selling arrangements set up by the growers. Mr. Chesney said the fruiterers and, greengrocers had the support of xnany general grocers dealing in those lines. It was expected that many grocers would fall in line by not buying from the marts. When present stocks were sold no supplies would be brought from outside districts. For the retailers, Mr. Chesney' said so far as Wellington provineial towns are 'Cone.erned, the subsidiary district fruiterers' associations. are expected to aet independently. No official" advice of likely action in such eentres as Palmerston North, Wanganui, Masterton, Napier and Hastings, had been received in Wellington tonight. Soon after the ban was announced this afternoon, growers approached the Wellington City Council officials seekrng permissio'n for vendors' licences to sell produce to' the public. It is possible that, as with the parallel dispute be-* tweeu the growers and retailers in May, 1946, produce will be sold on the s.treets from trucks. The council 's decision is awaited.
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Chronicle (Levin), 17 February 1949, Page 8
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