AMERICAN POTATOES
SALE IN NEW ZEALAND. Conditions undu which American potatoes were on sale in New Zealand were revealed by the Minister I for Supply, Mr Sullivan, in a, written reply to a question asked by Mr Goosman (Opposition, Waikato). Mr Sullivan said that. these potatoes were sent. toi New Zealand on ' transports as supplies for the Ameri- | can forces. A small quantity of less I than 500 tons was. found to be surplus to the immediate requirements of , the Ameriean forces, and was offered to the Government for sale to the public on conditioia that the Government replaoed an equivalent quantity at some time in, the future. The price at which they were sold was. fixed in, rela.rion to "their quality and to the quality and price of other potatoes on the market. It would have been most unfair to i the Pukekohe growers who. were marketing their early crop at approximately 6d a pouncl if these American new potatoes of good size and condition had been marketed at less than 6d a. pound, said Mr Sullivan. It was not. a fair comparison to. relate the price of these American potatoes to the price of locally-grown last season's crop selhng on the market ax 2kl a pound. — .... Y—
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Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 252, 26 October 1942, Page 2
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209AMERICAN POTATOES Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 252, 26 October 1942, Page 2
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