QUEENSLAND DROUGHT.
BRISBANE, December 26.
Although the drought has been broken in some of the dietricte, or mitigated at all events, the losses are estimated officially at more than £2,500,000. It is expected that the sugar yield has dropped by a quantity equal to a value of £1,250,000. The returns of the dairying industry have dropped by £750,000 in comparison with those of a year ago; and the wheat crops have suffered by at leaet £150,000. The losses of dairy cows and sheep will probably equal a, Joss of £400,000 or even more. Two or three conferences have ibeen held to consider meane of fighting droughts more efTectiveljfc -
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 2, 3 January 1941, Page 3
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108QUEENSLAND DROUGHT. Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 2, 3 January 1941, Page 3
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