POTATO FAMINE
SHORTAGE IN SYDNEY
Prices of potatoes in Sydney are now higher than they have been at any time during the past four years. In Sussex Street market on Octob<»r S agents advanced wholesale prices by as much as £5 a ton. The well-known Tasmanian Brownell sold at £18 a ton, while new potatoes from the North Coast were disposed of at £23 and £24 a ton. These prices are the highest recorded since 1929, when over £30 was obtained for Tasmaman potatoes. Despite the rise in prices eager retailers besieged Sussex Street agents, and were not content until they had purchased the majority of the 8465 bags shipped from Tasmania for the week's Sydney market. A firm market is usual at this time of the year, when Tasmanian supplies are dwindling, but no fear is held this year, in view of the high prices, that the shortage will prove acute, as reports from Tasmania state that a record area of 7000 acres has been planted with Bismarcks, and the North Coast crop in New South Wales, despite early pessimistic estimates and reports of "blight," is expected to be fanly heavy, and of good quality.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 92, 16 October 1934, Page 12
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196POTATO FAMINE Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 92, 16 October 1934, Page 12
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