APPEAL FOR ERGOT
Taranaki Collections NEW PLYMOUTH, February 18. "It appears to us that it is a very poor response to an urgent national appeal,” was the comment of a representative of the Taranaki Grain, Seed and Produce Merchants’ Association, sponsors of the Government appeal for ergot, when reporting that only 311 b 9oz had been received from the province. “An Indication that the public nas not taken the matter very seriously is shown by the fact that while practically the whole of the contributions so far have been made up of ounce lots, two Wellington children who were spending a holiday at Hawera collected 12 ounces off a very small area,” the spokesman remarked. Another case of an exceptional effort is that of an elderly Manaia district resident who in a fortnight collected more than a pound of ergot in firstclass condition.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLI, Issue 22201, 19 February 1942, Page 4
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143APPEAL FOR ERGOT Timaru Herald, Volume CLI, Issue 22201, 19 February 1942, Page 4
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