Water Tanks Dry In Southland
IX VhKCA KU! l/L,, August 31 Af'ter a period of exeepUonully ;lry wea'her for this time of the year, house liolders in Mouthlaml def>end"nit>. on tanks for 1heir water su]i])ly, are in need of n "'ood l'a 11 of rain. Some oi these tanks, part ieularly in the t'olliu^wood and Waikini areas of Inverearuill, have been dry for more tinui hui weeks and the residents eoneerned have been earting water for houseliold reipiireinents. Riverton and other towns in ihe provinee without a water seheme, ari. also f'a.eed with a shorta^e. The pku-es now ..faeine a #water sliort aye have been i n;. ft PHhil$r posi'tion befoie Ihi'UuiM nt ' lAr'- 1 inn of tluGyear. It is ^enerallv during the summer inonths that diiiiI nulty in maintaihiug the level in the iuuKS is , expei lenced.
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Chronicle (Levin), 1 September 1948, Page 7
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