POTATOES STOLEN
During the height of the recent flood in the Whirokino district, Foxton, Chinese market gardeners who were forced to leave their gardens by the rising flood waters, placed 30 tons of certified seed potatoes on the flood bank for safety. With the garden under several feet of water the potatoes were safe—from the water but not from the light-fingered. Two flat-bottomed boats were taken up to Whirokino from the vicinity of Foxton, the rowers making use of the slack water in the main and diagonal drains to take them well upstream. Then they pulled in, loaded a ton of potatoes, and rapidly sped downstream again on the full run of the flood.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20042, 14 September 1939, Page 8
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114POTATOES STOLEN Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20042, 14 September 1939, Page 8
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