VEGETABLE-GROWING
Use Of Parks And Reserves A practical move made by the Invercargill City Council for the growing of vegetables on some of its spare land was characterized by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr. Parry, yesterday, as a local body effort meriting high commendation in these days when additional supplies of foodstuffs were as necessary as they were desirable. The council had shown not only foresight and enterprise, but a praiseworthy interest in the needs of the people. “An appeal to citizens,” said Mr. Parry, “for an intensive cultivation of the products of the kitchen garden was made but a week ago. Already in Invercargill the preparation for vegetables (potatoes, swedes, cabbages and carrots) has almost been completed of some 45 acres of the ciiy’s parks and reserves. That is a practical effort in achievement which carries a fine message to local bodies and the people of the Dominion.”
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 1, 26 September 1939, Page 5
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150VEGETABLE-GROWING Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 1, 26 September 1939, Page 5
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