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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17295, 5 November 1921, Page 13

The losses sustained by Manawatu ' nurserymen and 'fruitgrowers _ ou account of the recent gale ran into' very . considerable sums, 6ays an exchange. I One fruitgrower, who expected to clear about. 100 tons of plums at Christmas time, atates that the fruit, which was 'half-grown, will probably not exceed half a ton, resulting in a loss for that crop alone of between £-180 and £6OO. The violence of-the gale stripped tho 1 trees of fruit, trade, and leaves, and in some cases tore the Lark from the trunks, while others v,ero uprooted. Serious damage was also occasioned to his hothouses through the breaking oi class and the injuring of the piants. formerly there wa*i a high belt of trees round tho proportv, but they were recently cut doini by order oi the local authority.