HIGH CHRISTMAS PRICES
X/ATE CITY EDITION
SHORT SUPPLY OF APPLES AND BANANAS ■ NO FURTHER SHIPMENTS Apples * nc l bananas are in short supply Christmas, and prices w iil be high, especially for bananas. The secretary of tho Auckland Retail Fruiterers* Association said this mornf n g that local apples were practically finished, and the Christmas market depended on Canadian apples. of ■which there was a. tliort supply. The last shipment arrived on December 2, and there will not be another shipment before Christmas. \t the present time prices are high and they will be higher as Christmas approaches. The price for bananas, 28s ox wharf, is the highest for years, and tho supply is short. Retailers will bo forced to sell at a loss, as bananas will cost about 711 a lb. and will have to sell at 5d or 6d.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 843, 11 December 1929, Page 11
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141HIGH CHRISTMAS PRICES Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 843, 11 December 1929, Page 11
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