AUSTRALIAN DROUGHT.
THE THREATENING WHEAT FAMINE ACTION BY GOVERNMENTS. By Cable—.Press Asseciat ion—Copyright Sydney, December 1. The Government lias decided to throw open 40,800 acres of the Pilliga scrub lands, nijar Baradine, for wheat growing. The clauses In the Wheat Bill regarding the abolition of existing contracts are causing a-controversy. The Cabinet is considering tho problem. Adelaide, December 1. The Government has seized a further hundred thousand bags of wheat. Perth, December 1. The Government Statisticfan estimates that 391,000 acres, one fourth of the wheat area sown, will be a total failure.
Melbourne, December 1. The Water Commission reports that tlu: river at Nyab Irm ceased flowing. Di ought threatens to ;..ake the position worse than in 1902.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 151, 2 December 1914, Page 2
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118AUSTRALIAN DROUGHT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 151, 2 December 1914, Page 2
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