The Opotiki News Friday, October 27, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL
~ , .. x Temperatures. North' Island temperatures at 9 o’clock yesterday morning were as follows : Auckland 01 degrees, Tauranga 63, Opotiki 59, Hast Cape 60, Gisborne 50, Napier 58 and Wellington 51. Frost of 10.2 Degrees. Gardens in the Wairarapa' with early . crops of potatoes, tomatoes and french and "runner beans received a bad setback on Monday morning when a heavy white frost of 10.2 degrees played havoc among the less hardy vegetables. In one case a gardener carefully covered With sacking all his early potatoes ,only to find) in t-lio morning that the severity of the frost had to a great extent nullified his protective measures. A light frost was experienced in the Opotiki district this morning but was not heavy enough to cause any noticeable damage.
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 251, 27 October 1939, Page 2
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136The Opotiki News Friday, October 27, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 251, 27 October 1939, Page 2
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