TERRIBLE DROUGHT.
Three Weeks' Supply Of Water In Hongkong. TRANSPORTATION BY SHIPS. (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) (Received 12.30 p.m.) SHANGHAI, June 10. An unprecedented drought at Hongkong has resulted in the most serious water supply crisis in the colony's history, the Government stating that there is less than three weeks' supply. Steamers from surrounding ports are filling their ballast tanks with water for carriage to Hongkong, where fifteen huge tanks TTFe being constructed along the waterfront to accommodate the incoming supply.
There have been a number of minor fights in Hongkong streets during the rationing of water, and the reservoirs are heavily guarded.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 136, 11 June 1929, Page 7
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