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PLIGIIT OF GROWERS WHEN PEANUT CRQP FAILS. DARWIN, June 18. Reports from Daly River record the failure of the peanut crop, which was estimated at 5000 or 6000 bags, but has realised only about 1000. Tha motor vessel Maroubra brought in 800 bags of peanuts, after being stranded on a sandbank, missing Marella shipment, "both on that account and through a wharf lockout. Peanut growers are making a gallant struggle for existence on a peanut and rice diet. Sugar is a rarity and tea and tobacco are practically unknown.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 263, 30 June 1932, Page 3
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91STRANGE DIET Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 263, 30 June 1932, Page 3
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