DAMAGE BY STORM
FRUIT TREES LN NELSON DISTRICT LOSS ESTIMATED AT 40,000 CASES. (P A.) Nelson, March 13. Apple and pear losses in the Stoke district as a result of Tuesday s storm are estimated al 40,000 cases, of which up to 10.000 cases are pears. The rest of the apple-growing districts of Nel.son were not affected. Jonathan and Delicious were just ready for picking when the sharp and localised storm stripped some of the trees. Individual losses, in some cases amount to 2000 cases. One grower had 4o trees, laden with fruit, uprooted, while some suffered other losses, such as broken windmills and water tanks. The Government has been approached to see how the marketing regulations can be relaxed to permit use to be made of windfalls, which at present carpet, the ground. A suggestion is that they be collected and distributed lo camps and schools.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 63, 16 March 1942, Page 3
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147DAMAGE BY STORM Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 63, 16 March 1942, Page 3
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