SEED LOSSES
CROP AND OTHER DAMAGE IN HAWKE’S BAY. TREES OVER LINES CONDEMNED BY POWER BOARD. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) HASTINGS, This Day. At least a 50 per cent, loss of uncut seed crops resulted through the gale at Hastings yesterday, according to estimates made this morning, and although. the wind is now less severe, it is still causing considerable damage to crops. Cut crops throughout the district are piled on fences, and most of the seed has been lost. Ripened uncut crops have also lost a quantity of seed. Orchards suffered despite wind shelter belts and ripening Gravensteins suffered extensively, also 1 Delicious. Losses of peaches are heavy. Breaks in the power circuit, caused by falling trees over a considerable portion of the reticulated area, are now almost completely restored and telephone services are normal. The Power Board is determined that decisive action must, be taken regarding trees over lines.-.which caused most of the damage yesterday.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 January 1939, Page 6
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156SEED LOSSES Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 January 1939, Page 6
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