MARKET GARDENS
LAND AT GREYTOWN
Yesterday a deputation of Greytown residents w.as introduced to the Minister of Agriculture (the Hon. W. Lee Martin) by Messrs. B. Roberts (Government, Wairarapa) and J. Robertson (Government. Masterton), for the purpose of discussing the establishment of market gardening in the Greytown district. The deputation was led by the Mayor of Greytown (Mr. Horton) and was supported by representatives of the canning factory at Greytown.
Suggesting that Wellington's gardening requirements could be supplied from the Wairarapa district, the deputation gave the Minister particulars of the extent and quality of the 'land available for small fruit and vegetable growing, and said that the canning factory already established there would fit into a development scheme. ,
The Minister promised to go into the matter.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 12, 14 July 1939, Page 16
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