WANT TRUTH ABOUT BAN ON POTATOES.

Shannon News, 6 August 1929, Page 2

WANT TRUTH ABOUT BAN ON POTATOES.

HOUSEWIVES CABLE NEW ZEALAND. SYDNEY, August 1. A meeting of the Housewives' Association decided to cable the New Zealand Agricultural Department, asking for the truth concerning the probability of disease arising from the importation of New' Zealand potatoes. They will also petition the Prime Minister to lift the embargo on New Zealand potatoes.

WOMEN BOYCOTT MARKET. CONFIDENT THEY WILL WIN. (From the Sydney Sun). "We'll beat them hands down," said the president of the Housewives' Progressive Association (Miss Portia Geach), summing up the potato boycott this morning. The association is becoming more belligerent every day, and has adopted as its slogan, "Yes, we have no potatoes—till the prices come down!" "We had a two weeks' boycott about six years ago,'' said Miss Geach, '' and the Sussex Street merchants lost about £20,000. We have had better results in one week this time." Wireless has paid an important part in the present "siege" of Sussex St., and on train, tram, or ferry the potato boycott is discussed. Various associations have been approached, and Miss Geacli has appealed to all housewives to help her, and her henchwomen, to defeat the "potato barons,'' as the association terms them. "TO A WOMAN." "If the housewives stand behind us, and I think they will, to a woman," she said, "we must succeed quickly." Leeton rice, macaroni, cheese, etc., are recommended by the association as substitutes for potatoes. Bread prices are being watched carefully too, and while nothing is likely to happen until next week, the association is following up the offer of a baker to deliver bread over the counter at 33 1-3 per cent, less than the price generally aaked.