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"If a white man sells oranges, say at sixpence each, he is called all sorts, but the Chinaman and Hindoo fruiterer is not," remarked a local fruiterer today. "The reason why the Chinaman invariably has the finer class of fruit is simply because there is a .better spirit A protection among Chinese than among white men. For instance, a local Chinaman would wire to Auckland or. Wellington and arrange with one of his countrymen to attend the auction. THe latter would do so and pick out the best selection of the fruit.' The white man who telegraphs to the Auckland firms is not protected by- his agents in the centre. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 15065, 13 November 1919, paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=PBH19191113.2.8&cl=search&srpos=41&e=-------100-PBH-1----0chinese+fruiterer--&st=1