THE FRUIT TRADE.
EFFECTv..OF,'THE : iExmA :: 'id , feS^l^l^^liHNGTQN, .'.' -vi. ;::.>•,;;,k' i£r COEttESppMDjmij: V "- 'i?;±MM fe!;v '■:& SSJ' Auoklani •'May" 15'■; ■ 3^ -in^uckland.-is"at present' convorsation'.witli a "Herald" i enta'tiy,e'''«n;-tB l Al Too4m?n'{:9no .'?. f ;tho.-.largest of tho -friiitTim■■pdrters,;.said. tnit ,the;.extra steamer for "tho Islands "_fo Wellingfoiv had done' great injury to -the' imported fruit' trado.-' generally. .It ,had: nad^lhoyeffeet.iOf. bringing more Island fruj t t info the Dominion than could be fably; Prices ; for :Island (fruit since that' steamer-started' , had-';been.' very" ; )bV in cbmparisbWwithVfdrmer:years) , ' more particii-' lady. Island '.oranges.. ; ; ;_'■ -;,';'■• S.j, ■ ' -..\ :':',■'Unusually .heavy, shipments . : -had ■come forward .from''the, Islands in the, last' three trips,".said Mr.i.Tooman, "and on 'the March;an_d;April'cargoes'heavy, losses were madb iby shippers. •■ The early setting in of the winter has also; kept;down/:tho price of fruit very, much, and: has..had , a serious 'effect upon values of the last Fiji and Rarotonga cargoes .so fart.as b'anajia.siarexoncerned."; , . -y;.-. •'.:'. ,; ...
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 509, 17 May 1909, Page 8
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142THE FRUIT TRADE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 509, 17 May 1909, Page 8
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