ACUTE POTATO SHORTAGE
POSITION SERIOUS LOCALLY “The 'most acute in years,” commented a man closely connected with the potato trade to a * Star ’ reporter this morning. “ Quotations £l6 a ton f.o-b. are on a par ivith the price in Christchurch, which is being supplied in large quantities from the Dunedin market.” The shortage, he commented, was due to the setback the early crops had received through weather conditions in the north, especially in the Auckland district, and Pukekohe in particular. Auckland iiook a large percentage of potatoes from the Canterbury market, and consequently difficulty was being experienced in supplying the urgent of Auckland. No local stocks are being held, the supplies being disposed of as quickly as they are placed on the market, either to Canterbury or to local retailers.
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Evening Star, Issue 22146, 28 September 1935, Page 16
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130ACUTE POTATO SHORTAGE Evening Star, Issue 22146, 28 September 1935, Page 16
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