NEW ZEALAND APPLES

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 595, 28 July 1933, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND APPLES

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SISTERS attend auction and discuss market conditions TOP PRICE SECURED

-By Telegrapli — C-jpyright).

(Rec. 5.5 p.m.) London, July 26. Se Rt. Hon. G. V/. Forbes, the iR. Masters and Sir Thomas Wiliaccepted an invitation through Jorner, the London manager of fruit Control Board, to attend an 3i sale of New Zealand apples. : Masters and Sir Thomas Wili aftenvards attended a compli~ary luncheon but Mr. Forbes had ir engagement. Masters, in rcplying to the s of his health, stressed the 3 of pcrsonal contact with the seting conditions in Britain. He -that he was pleased to see. that irice brought by the New Zea- - apples had been higher than sfor any others but even so, 3 costs, freight, insurance, etc., •0 deducted, the return made him isorry for the. grower. He was *fdto know that the control of Zealand fruit imports was seh capable hands, especially in Nto supplying the market with •®ost acceptable varieties. 1 Masters said that he would -•to reply to some recent critic-t-For instanee, New Zealand had 2 charged with sending subsid- ' Produce to Britain. Though in of apples, the Government !0ven a guarantee to the growers ■jcertain return per case, if that ' cot been done it would have 3 very difficult for the growers *tup in business. The cost to the fnnieiit was small hecause New fruit brought a reasonable X