BRITAIN'S DROUGHT BRINGS DIFFICULTIES
Reeeived Thursdav, 7 p.m. LONDON, August 21. Followiug 15 (lays of higli tempei'atuves with a eomplete absence of rain, an otiieial slate of drought has been d"clarcd in marjy parts of Britain. Tin* ilrv eonditions liave alfected the niilk yields with the result that the east riding of Yorkshire is laced with a shortage which may Uist until October, Bracken and heath fires are novv blazing over 12,001) acres of the Yorkshire fells and a 100-acre pine plnntation on tlio Duke of Bedford's estate at Apsley Heath was totally destroyed bv a l't va beluivi'd to liave been caused by a cigarette butt. For tho lirst time for many years the heat has been so great that tinplate workers in (ilamorganshire decided to eease work during the daytime and work at niglit. When the. Brighton pleasure stehnier called at Ryde, Jsle of Wiglit, to re enibark parties of trippers, lorries had to be used to transport scores of people suffering from varying degrees of suustroke. The hot weather is believed to be th^ cause of tlie death of over 200 Wye salmon which liave been washed up in a mile stret.ch of the river near Hamplon Bishop, Hereford.
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Chronicle (Levin), 22 August 1947, Page 5
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