FRUIT INDUSTRY
GROWERS DESIRE PROTECTION
'■ ' TRUST ACCOUNTS FOR '""•■■•'■ AUCTIONEERS.
-' (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) HASTINGS, This Day. A deputation of fruitgrowers asked - i-lie • Minister of Agriculture (tho Hon. A*"D. M'Leod) for protection against Canadian apples cominj,' into tho eoun- " try" in competition with iho local lato .varieties, so that the New Zealand •-cool-stored apples could have a. chance "to" jay"their way. Tho Minister said ■"that'he would consult the Minister of -"Customs'. ..,',,. He.was also requested to have tho 'Fruit Control Act amended in the clause ..regarding the referendum on local control,- -O' that 60 per cent, of those vot- • ■ ing.could carry the poll, instead of 60 • per cent, of those on the roll, as at ."present. ■■" Minister said that'the request was^not unreasonable, and ho would " attend, to it. It was further suggested that tho auctioneers be compelled to keep trust ' agpcraiits for the protection of clients. The Minister said that the matter was worth going into. Ho would refer it;to.,the Minister of Internal Affairs.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 96, 20 October 1926, Page 9
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161FRUIT INDUSTRY Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 96, 20 October 1926, Page 9
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