WELCOME RAIN
DROUGHT BROKEN AT HONG KONG
(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copy r igli t) (Australian Free* Association) > (Received 13th July, 9 a.m.) SHANGHAI, 12th July. Rainfall to-day broke the drought prevailing in Hong Kong for the past month,- removing the greatest anxiety experienced in the colony for many years and obviating the necessity for. continuation of tlie extraordinary measures employed to provide the residents, with water, including, the wholesale importation of water. Aeroplane efforts -to burst hovering rainclouds were unsuccessful. i
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 13 July 1929, Page 7
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82WELCOME RAIN Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 13 July 1929, Page 7
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