ORANGE SHIPMENT.
PROPORTION UNSATISFACTORY. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, May 2. Complaints regarding the high proportion of bad fruit among the shipment of Cook Island oranges which arrived in Auckland on Wednesday were made to-day by several city retailers. They claimed that approximately a, third 6 f each case purchased was had, some cases of 200 count containing as niany, as 70 rotten fruit. Private purchasers also expressed indignation that the fruit had not been repacked. In explanation an official of the Internal Marketing Division stated that the shipment had been slightly late in arriving and the demand had been acute. The final 5000 cases had been brought aboard in heavyV rain and packed in the open hold, consequently these fruit were sodden throughout the voyage. Purchasers would not lose by the transaction, however, as it had been arranged to pay compensation for all bad fruit. The remainder of the shipment was of good quality.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 131, 3 May 1940, Page 6
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154ORANGE SHIPMENT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 131, 3 May 1940, Page 6
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