ORCHARDISTS’ LOSSES.
Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, Dec. 2. An earlier statement regarding the damage done by frost to orchards in the Roxburgh district was by no means exaggerated. In 6ome places the crops were wiped out, and one man who exported 50,000 cases of apples last year lost everything, while the same can be said of another grower who exported 10,000 cases. A serious aspect is the damage to trees, and it may be three years before they are back to normal fruiting. There will be no work this season for extra hands, numbering about 250. The Railway Department, which carried 5742 tons of fruit last season, will possibly lose 75 per cent, of its customary freight revenue.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 3, 3 December 1931, Page 3
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118ORCHARDISTS’ LOSSES. Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 3, 3 December 1931, Page 3
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