Early Potatoes
According to a statement ( made in "W airoa by Mr J. ]>. Kennedy, oT the horticultural division of the Agricultural Department potatoes can be produced a fortnight earlier in the Wairoa district than is the case in Pukekohc, He also claimed that they were of better quality and that growers in the Gisborne district -were becoming alive to the fact that there was considerable money to be made out of this early production. Schoolboy Smokers I eihaps the answer to the question "Where do all the cigarettes Igo in the winter time?" lies in a revelation resulting from a search of boys' pockets at a secondary school in the Auckland district. Because of property damage reported in the area, allegedly by b o ys with catapults, the headmaster of the school instructed that the boys be searched and all catapults confiscated. In one class the teacher, 'ound no catapult s> but included in the contents of the boys' pockets were 20 packets of cigarettes.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 99, 21 August 1945, Page 8
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165Early Potatoes Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 99, 21 August 1945, Page 8
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