FIRST SNOW IN MEMORY
FRANKLIN DISTRICT
FARMERS FEAR FROST (Per Press Association.) PUKEKOHE, .this, day. The Franklin district experienced its first fall o-f snow in living memory early yesterday morning. Pukekohe I-lill* famed for early potatoes and onions, was covered by a white mantle an inch deep; On the Bombay hills and the country stretching back to the Coromandel range, the fall was heavy, the depth being about four inches in places. The hills on the southern bank of the Waikato River from Onevvhero to Port Waikato were also covered. Many Pukekohe residents had never seen snow and carloads drove to the hill to en.iov ithe unique experience of snowballing. Early crops are not affected, but growers were apprehensive of a heavy frost last night which would cause considerable damage.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20001, 28 July 1939, Page 4
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130FIRST SNOW IN MEMORY Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20001, 28 July 1939, Page 4
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