Lily Nine Feet High
A Himalayan lilium gigantium, with 20 flowers at the head, a stem measuring 3\ inches in diameter, is in full bloom at the home of Mr. C. H. Lewis, in Palmerston North. Frankton’s Growth
Recalling the earlier years of Frankton in a brief address at the Railway Sports Bodies’ twenty-fifth anniversary function, Mr. A. J. Denz, a past president, said that when he first resided in Frankton only two locomotives were stationed there, whereas today the number was almost 70. That, he pointed out, was an indication of the growth and importance of Frankton as a railway centre. Mr. Denz also referred to the fact that none of the people occupying sections (almost all of them now built on) in what is known as the railway settlement paid general rates to the Hamilton City Council, nor were the streets in the settlement dedicated. They were all Railway Department property and responsibility, and the department paid a lump sum annually to the city council. The occupants paid water rates. !
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22514, 18 December 1947, Page 2
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172Lily Nine Feet High Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22514, 18 December 1947, Page 2
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