A WATER FAMINE.
7 . SALES AT Id. PER GALLON. . (By feleurapi.—Special CJorreroomlent.) A tick land, January 26./ • , in "Altli6Ugh T a ' {M|l/,to raise it £25,000 " water Vo'rlfs Ibali'Mvrt'S'. t'drtiiiJ'oVer a rear ago, tho Dar^avlllfc'Bdrbugfi Coun"'Mi' has been unable to acqtlire any por- ' tion of tho BUin. ; A request' mado to the 'Advances Office I, was refused,' and ''every application mado to tho several banks and insurance companies has met with a- like fate. Tho reason the loan companies had to decline tho aclv.mcs was diiO to the statutory fate-of 5 per ccnt. interest being too low for their requirements. The position to-day is lahientable for iil a bofougli population ~01 close on 2000 there is an acute shortago of water, whioh is being sold at oiio penny per gnilon. lii the previous two tummers there was a similar shortage, >)ut this, year tlio position is being ac eentuited, lit another week the bulk pf the tanks attached to residences will lie empty. In the meantime all bathrooms aro closed, and oxceptioiial caro Is being taken against any waste,
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1968, 27 January 1914, Page 5
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178A WATER FAMINE. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1968, 27 January 1914, Page 5
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