WATER SHORTAGE
POSITION BECOMING ACUTE IN WANGANUI. NO RAIN SINCE MARCH 11. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WANGANUI, This Day. No rain having fallen in Wanganui since March 11 has resulted in an acute shortage of water in suburban areas and country districts for household purposes and carting has become a daily routine. Milk supplies at dairy factories have been reduced in some cases to nearly half that of the corresponding period last year.'Dairy farmers are anxious over the prospects for winter feed, which do not appear to be bright and some are already drawing on reserve stocks of hay. The Wanganui River in its upper reaches is exceptionally low. Navigation by smaller boats from Pipiriki is being carried on with extreme difficulty.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 April 1939, Page 6
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121WATER SHORTAGE Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 April 1939, Page 6
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