WIDESPREAD DROUGHT
NEW SOUTH WALES AND VICTORIA SUFFER ENTIRE WHEAT BELT PARCHED SYDNEY, April 7. Drought conditions prevail over the whole of the western half of New South Wales and the northern portions of Victoria. The entire wheat belt is dry and parched, awaiting rain. Live stock is being handled, while domestic supplies of water are extremely short. Fruit crops have suffered severely as the result of the under-average rainfall.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 April 1938, Page 7
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70WIDESPREAD DROUGHT Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 April 1938, Page 7
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