PRICES IGNORED
SALE OF ORANGES GOVERNMENT FIXATION RETAILERS FEAR LOSS (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Wednesday Unanimous decision not adhere to the prices for ofans'es fixed by the Government until representations had been mada . to the Minister of Marketing, the Hon. W. Nash, was reached at a combined meetlnc of retail fruiters in Wellington.. The grounds were stated afterwar da to be that the sale of oranges would definitely be curtailed.
The prices at which they were sold in the majority of shops were lower than those fixed by the Govment. The principle of fixing prices for such a perishable commodity, in the fruiterers’ opinion, was completely unworkable, because so much depended on the quality, the amount of handling and the storage. The minimum supply for fourteen days must be carried by the retailer, which meant in some cases considerable depreciation in the fruit. It was not delivered to fruiterers on arrival in New Zealand, but in greater or lesser quantity was held in cool and other stores.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20950, 1 November 1939, Page 8
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167PRICES IGNORED Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20950, 1 November 1939, Page 8
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