QUAINT MISUNDERSTANDING
ADVICE TO FRUITGROWERS, LOftD BLEDISLOE MISQUOTED. [BY TELEGRAPH.^—OWJ 3 corbespondest.J WELLINGTON, Thursdij, An amusing example of the misconstrne. tion of remarks made to a previous gathering of fruitgrowers was related by & Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe, in in address at the annual conference of flu New Zealand Fruitgrowers' Federation, Lord Bledisloe said he had previously urged fruitgrowers to cultivate - optimism with the same zeal as they cultivated their fruit. " I was somewhat perturbed to lean later," said His Excellency, " that om orchardist in the Henderson district, after studying a report of my speech, had astonished his fellows by announcing tlul the new Governor-General had reconmended the cultivation of opossums at the secret of commercial success. As i can imagine no worse foes to fruit-grow-ing, I earnestly hope that none of tin growers in the Northern province was rash enough to follow my alleged advice,"
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20969, 4 September 1931, Page 8
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