NO FURTHER SHIPMENIS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19998, 25 July 1939, Page 11

NO FURTHER SHIPMENIS

JAPANESE PRODUCE UNLOADING OF ■ ONIONS SUPPLY AS REQUIRED , 1 ... < • (Per .'Pi'dss .Association.) ■ .AUCKLAND, this day. ; The unloading''of a 'shipment 'of 725 tons of Japanese onions, which arrived at Auckland by the Naniwa Mar-u on Saturday morning, began yesterday morning. - Mr. F. R. Picot, 'Director of Internal Marketing, who arrived from Wellington to superintend the imports, said the onions had arrived in good condition and deliveries direct to the trade had already begun. It was hoped to have the shipment unloaded by this evening. The entire shipment for the whole Dominion was only 725 tons and was not 1000 tons as previously reported. Mr. Picot said it was not tlie intention to place them on the market at one time, but to feed the market as shortages in various localities made themselves apparent. The larger proportion was for the Auckland province. Questioned as to the recently-sug-gested boycott on tiic part of the Auckland Master Grocers' Association, Mr. Picot said he had interviewed several of the larger retailers in Auckland. They had stated definitely ..that they would be handling the line. The biii'cs from the Naniwa Maru ar.cj,. to be treated by -the Auckland Waterside., workers as ordinary general merchandise .entering tlie country. This decision .was' mhde by members of the ~ Auckland Waterside Workers' Union who held a special meeting to discuss the point. Thgy were pleased to learn, it. was stated, that the internal marketing division had gjvon an assurance that no further Japanese produce would be imported. ■„ ~