GRANGE SHORTAGE
-Preas Assoclation.)
Market Should Be Supplied By May
(By Tel«>sraph-
WANGANUI, Last Night. A statement to the effect that tho Govprnment is closely watching tho position in respect to shortages of oranges in the Dominion was 'made bv the Minister of Industries * and Commerce (Hon. D. G. Sulliyan) to-day. Ho said that the present shortage was due to the curtailment of pufchases of California fruit. due to the exceptionaTTy Iiigh cost brought about by a crop shortage in U.S.A. following the disastrous season there, and, secondly, to tho late maturity of the Fijian oranges and mandarins. Apart from the small shipraent expected shortly from Papeete no [ relief 'can be expected to the present shortage untit the Monterey arrives from Los Angeles on April 16. Tbe Minister stated that he anticipated, however, that with other shipments following the New Zealand market should be well supplied by May.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 72, 12 April 1937, Page 8
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