AS HEAVY AS IN DUNEDIN

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 21, 17 August 1932, Page 5

AS HEAVY AS IN DUNEDIN

FROSTS AT NAPIER LEGACY OFTHE EARTHQUAKE The earthquake of last year in Napier has left the garden city of Hawke's Bay an unwelcome legacy in the form of frost which, according to Mr. P. Mansell, is likely to have a serious effect on gardening practice in the future. Probably few people would have thought that climatic changes of this kind would be a consequence of tire upheaval, but Mr. Mansell, who came to Dunedin recently from - Napier, where he was engaged in the Municipal Gardens, told a reporter that Napier had quite as heavy frosts as were experienced in Dunedin.

This was. regarded as a result of the upheaval in the inner harbour, where 7001) acres of dry land had taken the place of sea water. The disappearance 01' that large sheet of water, he said, v, as iiuilo ijiUUL-ieut to cause heavy frosts in the city, which were seldom experienced betore. Consequent on this ciiange in conditions, said Mr. Mansell, mere was a great deal of tropical and sub-tropical growth which used to do exceedingly well in Napier which is bound to disappear entirely. The process had already started in some parts, notably on the Bluff Hill, and many people were goin;;' to tind that gardening fashions must be radically changed. Mr. iViansell added that the majestic line of Norfolk pines along the Esplanade, which had always been regarded as ot-e of -..Napier's glories, had suffered severely as a result of tne earthquake. 'ilicre were many gaps in the line, and there looked like being many more. In his opinion, wrenching of the roots was causing these beautiful trees to die out.