EXPORT OF POTATOES
..GROWERS PROTEST AGAINST THE EMBAKGO. By Telczraph—Press Association. Christchurch, March 19. . •• A large deputation of Canterbury potato • growers waited on tho Hon. W. J).. S. . "llacDonald to protest against ilio recent imposition of an embargo on the export 'of' potatoes. It was contended that thero should bo a free market, or tho Governlaent should buy tho potatoes at a price ."equivalent '.to tlw . Australian price, less ~ the shipping charges. •' _ Tho Minister pointed out that tho object of the embargo was to prevent a ehaijp rise, as was the case last year, to eliminate the keen Australian competition, and reduce the cost of a staple article of food The position would be iully gono into when the main crop was. dug in two or three weeks' time, and it might, then be found possible to lift the embargo ■ •
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 150, 20 March 1919, Page 8
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