PYRAMID OF APPLES.

North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17170, 30 March 1927, Page 5

PYRAMID OF APPLES.

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LQND\ON, March 28. A huge placard in the Strand: "New Zealand appjes have arrived," marked the . launching of a New Zeafand apple publici)ty campaign this morning. At the High Commissioner's of- ! fice, Sir C. j. Parr, in welcoming j Mr L. C. Amery, acknowledged Britain's help in marketing and re- ; search, and said he hoped that it , ^would lead to an improvement in j the ratios of consumption of foreign ; rand Empire fruits. Mr Amery was photographed beside- a pyramid of apples ^nd flowers. He recalled his last visit to New Zealand, and said that a morning view of Auckland with Sir C. J. Parr from Mount Edeffi was one of the most lasting impressions of his tour. He hoped that when the session ended he would again see the dominions and, renew old and abiding impressions, and, if it were possible, fortify his fait'h in .the dominion's future. He -was confident that the Marketing Board's inquiries would produce suggestions of great value to the Empire. The fact that New Zealand% fruit exports had since the wai* increased twentyfold was a wonderful tribute to organisation and enterprise. He urged producers to bear in mind the value of the Continental market, which was useful to absorb the overspill from the British market. Colonel .Gray reassured Britons that there was not the slightest fear of arsenic in New Zealand apples.