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No 237 : March 27, 1974

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Ends and Oddities

Sizeable Kumara

The Lost is Found

The Harding family, which has only recently moved to Gisborne from the Wairarapa, got more of a shock than a surprise soon after moving into the house they bought in Stout Street. They were settling in when they discovered a mailbag under the house! How it got there is still a riddle but the discovery of the bag has solved quite a number of mysteries. The contents of the bag were sorted out by the Post Office and the mail delivered to the appropriate addresses with an explanatory note.

A Fit of Peak

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This large and lengthy kumara was grown by. Mr Ted White in his garden at Hexton. Mr White is pretty adept at growing big vegetables and this kumara is no exception. It is 12 inches long, 15 inches round and weighs 5½lbs. Our receptionist, Anne Whitley, just manages to hold up the kumara for the camera as Mr White looks on.

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Sally and Cherry Harding keep watch over the bag while waiting for the Police and Post Office people to arrive.

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This lemon, in a fit of peak, so to speak, decided not to follow the path of millions of others of its ilk, but to become a shape no other lemon has ever taken. This one decided on celestial aspirations and grew in the shape of a minaret top — or something! From the Hankey garden in Wi Pere Street.

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