SEVERE FROST
15 DEGREES AT NGATAPA EARLY CROPS DAMAGED Early crons in the Ngataon district, were blackened this morning when a revere frost was experienced. At Eastwood hill station. Ngatapa, there was a frost of 15 degrees. With mild weather throughout the greater part of August and September early potato plants had shown marked growth, but these crops, were ruined. Flowering shrubs, specially magnolias, were spoilt, too. The meteorological observer at the Gisborne aerodrome recorded . a frost of 8.3 which is the sharpest frost Gisborne has experienced since August 7. Orehardists on the Gisborne fiats report that the frost was only light there. Although early potatoes were affected slightly, the fruit trees suffered no damage.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20043, 15 September 1939, Page 5
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115SEVERE FROST Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20043, 15 September 1939, Page 5
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