AUSTRALIAN JAM AND FRUIT CONDEMNED
IMMENSE'HARM TO .TRADE • ■. CAUSED; (Rec. April,2, 5.5 p.m.) . London, March 31. The Australian Press Association learns that a recent heavy condemnation of Australian jam, canned fruits and fruit" pulp at London and the provinces has caused immense harm to the Australian trade. Merchants declare that only through dire' necessity will they . make further purchases. They bitterly com-plain-that they had been misled by the Commonwealth .Government certificate, as thev' assumed that, the Government certificate would cover careful supervision, and shipment in merchantable packages. Many consignments of jam were -dam?, aged through ..careless,; packing m old,petrol cases and defective tins. The canned. fruits were reported to be conspicuous by tlie absence of grading uniformity ip one parcel. Litigation is now threatened for tho recovery of <£10,000 in connection with the consign-ments—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 161, 3 April 1920, Page 7
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136AUSTRALIAN JAM AND FRUIT CONDEMNED Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 161, 3 April 1920, Page 7
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