Some time ago someone interested in the welfare of the inmates of the leper station at Quail Island conceived the happy idea that in order to create a little competition and divert their thoughts from their affliction, a flower show might be held on the island annually. The idea (states' an exchange) was taken up by the patients enthusiastically, and each was given a number of plants to cultivate. The flower show took place the other afternoon, when visitors attended from Christchurch and Lyttelton, and there was a good deal of excitement among the competitors.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4502, 11 December 1922, Page 3
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