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Otago Witness, Issue 3333, 30 January 1918, Page 37

Under tno will of the late Lieutenant A Deans, the North Canterbury Hospital Board has received £250. Old residents of Masterton assert 'that there never was a season in the history of the town when orchards and gardens wore so badly affected with blights and various forms of posts as this season. Tomatoes aro rotting on the trees, apricots are falling off, plums are affected, and nearly every form of fruit and vegetable is affected in one way or another. The wet season has probably been responsible in a measure for the visitation of garden pesta.