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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 27 September 1927, Page 7

At the Hastings Council Chambers at 2.30 o’clock next Wednesday afternoon a meeting will be held to make arrangements for holding the annua) ball in aid of the Hawke ’« Bay Chil dren’s Home. The home cares for children from every part of the district, and the cost of maintaining the Hastings children now being maintained there costs about £4BO a year. The purpose of holding the ball is to help in providing that money and so in giving the little ones the comforts that are denied them for varying rea sons in their own homes.

How much fruit does one eat in a year? A voduminous British Ministry for Agriculture report on fruit marketing states that each person on an average eats in a year 120 apples, 21bs. of pears, 31bs. of Plums Ijlb. of cherries, lib, of currants (all kinds), 21bs. strawberries, IJlb. of gooseberries, Jib. of raspberries, B|lbs. of tomatoes, and 11b. of cucumbers. Investigators suggest, that everybody will eat more fruit if prices are more stable and methods of picking, grading and packing more efficient.