BOYCOTT OF POTATOES
FISHMONGERS TAKE ACTION “THIS ABSURD EMBARGO" Received Feb. 7, 6.5 p.m. SYDNEY, Feb. 7. The Master Fish Merchants' Association has asked members to boycott potatoes. The secretary of the association said members would almost unanimously observe the boycott. Fishmongers have to pay as much as £3O a ton for Australian potatoes. In New Zealand potatoes are f 4 a ton. “Because of the absurd embargo in Australia on New Zealand potatoes, we cannot buy them, and as a protest we imposed this boycott," he stated.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 32, 8 February 1939, Page 7
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88BOYCOTT OF POTATOES Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 32, 8 February 1939, Page 7
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