A' bright phosphorescent,: glow, almost brilliant iu -■ the black darkness 0 f a moonless n 'ght,. greeted, a "New •Plymouth resident when he went‘to his woodshed op 0 night recently to bring in some firewood from' a -pilo that ho had ’ chopped, froiri* some-p'O-iiutukawa . stumps, the day : Theglow way so bright peared* like "a light .from' a full-moon baffled, by .the .foliage' of > tree;.'The effect was attributed by a’hdrriculturist to a, minute fhngus which 'is found * on- decayed wood. .; Uiir prices defy 'V .T .M:inu, Ob-Hriist:. : - .V;.,-;-
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11949, 20 May 1933, Page 12
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87Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11949, 20 May 1933, Page 12
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