RUIN IN S. AFRICA
(Press Assn
DROUGHT CAUSES HUbb LOSSES OF SHEEP AND CATTLE
—By Telegraph— Copyright).
(Rec. 11 p.m.) Melbourne, July 26. According to a letter received from South Africa hy Senator Guthrie, conditions there are desperate owing to a prolonged drought. The loss of sheep is over 12,000,000. Many pastoralists wealthy man a few years ago, were now ruined and farms were being sold in some cases for 1/- an acre. Cattle land was unsaleable and food unproeurable.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 594, 27 July 1933, Page 5
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80RUIN IN S. AFRICA Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 594, 27 July 1933, Page 5
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