A DISAPPOINTING SEASON.
[United Pkess Association.) Christchurch, May 2. Speaking at tho Provincial Conference of the Farmers' Union horo this morniug, Mv llichaid Evans, president, said that tho season. l\a<J foeon the most disappointing he had ever known, particularly after the great expectations of the spring. In many cases the grain might very well have been Burnt. After making more or loss political reference in a gloomy strain, Mi 1 Evans concluded: "I can only compare New Zealand to Rome in the days when Nero fiddled and the people around him danced."
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Colonist, Volume LIi, Issue 12804, 27 May 1910, Page 4
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92A DISAPPOINTING SEASON. Colonist, Volume LIi, Issue 12804, 27 May 1910, Page 4
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