FRUIT BY POST
SCHEME NOT TAKEN ADVANTAGE ; \ • OF. \ Very fen- pocple have taken advantage of the fruit order scheme, introduced by tlio EosimastcrrGencral on January 1, 1913, by which supplies of fruit may ' bo ordered through the.medium of'the post\ office 1 by . means" 1 of-an order coupon, the charge for which is 2d., including t postage. In mentioning the 6clieme, Mr. Rhode?. remarked to an, Auckland; "Herald" reporter that during the last quarter of : 1913, only eight coupons wero purchased, three at Wellington and Napier, and one at Nelson j and Wanganui. During the . tlirco months ending' August 31, the number nf coupons purchased was 23. Mr. . Rhodes said that tho Department had made arrangements for the exhibition 'of fruitgrowers' prico lists at past offices,'but tlio growers had not shown any .desire to utilise this means of communication, with consumers: Although at certain of tho larger, towns' wjiero the Railway Department has a cartage contract, orders would bo delivered to the residence of tlio purchaser, but the scheme had not developed as "had benn anticipated.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1981, 11 February 1914, Page 10
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175FRUIT BY POST Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1981, 11 February 1914, Page 10
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