FRUITGROWERS CONFER
OVERSEA MARKETS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland; May 3. The Conference of the Fruitgrowers' Federation was continued to-<lay. The necessity of making 9very effort to develop oversea markets for fruit, and, in cases where shipping space is available, induce the Government rgain to ■guarantee Id. per lb.:for fruit shipped, ■was' urged' in a.' remit, from the Delson Co-operative lYuit; Company. The remit ■was adopted. The' Stoke Association, forwarded a remit requesting l that tho Government be asked to restrict tho importation of apples during the war. Tho remit was adopted.' . A remit from the Nelson Co-operative Truit' Company .urged that the Government be requested to in no case lend
money under the Fruit Preserving Act I without first consulting the directorate oi the federation,' all{ l that ihe Act he amended , to'allot money to bo lent to pay ■ off existing mortgages. The remit was. adopted. ...A further , i emit hearing on th'o sa,me subject-forwarded by tlio directors-urged that loans under t the Act bo limited to associations affiliated to the federation, and that if any of the institutions which liaye obtained advances should appiy for further advances an agreement Bhould be made ftipulating that a stated amount of space shouid be rcsorved for fruitgrowers, ttlier than shareholders, and that tho maximum rato for storage be fixed from year to year by tho Agricultural Department. The remit was approved. The question of holding tho next show was left with the and ib wns urged that- if held, the show bo at Wellington, provided Canterbury does not objeet: ' . Other remits were passed urging the Government to make a rebate in Customs duty on machinery used in connection with the fruit industry, approving the prohibition of fruit trees ;-om countries affected with root ltnot or gall, and urging tho need for conservation of white pine forests.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 193, 4 May 1918, Page 10
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304FRUITGROWERS CONFER Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 193, 4 May 1918, Page 10
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