RIVERS DRYING UP
FISH DOOMED IF DRY SPELL CONTINUES
CHRISTCHURCH, .Tan. 7. The highest teniperature of this smiituer, 01 degrees. was recorded ln Canterbury this at'ternoou. It was the hottost day. for ten years. Waiau, had a recording of 97 degrees but it' was cooler therc today than on New Year's Ilay wheu the tliormometer touched 99 degrees. ,Tens of Ihousands of lish Yvill die xn .South Canterbury streams if rain does not fall soon. Some of the sinai ler rivers are rapidly drying up and tne curator of the South Canterbury Acelimatisation Society, Mr. F. W. (grayburn, said today that as, many lish um possible we're being shifted from isoiaced pools in the dry stream beds. • After the prokmged drought tne countrv is tiiuler dry but there were nu serious fires today.
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 January 1948, Page 2
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