DROUGHT BROKEN
WELCOME RAIN IN THE SOUTH. ,v- By Telegraph.—Press Association. Oamaru, October 5. 1 'After a prolonged jieriod of drought a lioavy shower of. rain;'-fell at midday to-day. /;TheiV'wer&. intermittent light showers during the afternoon, _and at seven o'clock a light rain set in, continuing all, the evening.- . At eleven o'clock the: rain was falling heavily, with a prospect of continuing for some hours. Twenty-four hours' rain would bo;of almost incalculable benefit to tho wheat crops ahd ; adult and young stock. . ■ v" Timaru, October 5.
Steady rain set in at _6 p.m., and still (11.30) continues. It is tho best rain that has fallen for many , months'., The total fall at/Timaru/during iho last three months',was under half an ; inch.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2585, 6 October 1915, Page 6
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120DROUGHT BROKEN Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2585, 6 October 1915, Page 6
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