RIVERINA DROUGHT.
GRAZIERS APPEAL FOR RELIEF.
,(M CABLE—PRBBS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.) UWTRALtAN AND N.Z CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
SYDNEY, September 21. : ThO serious position of a large nuinler of small graziers in the northern Biverina district was set out by a deputation which waited on tho UnderSwietary of Agriculture to discuss ®eans for tho relief of settlers • affected f>y the drought. The affected area is over 4000 square biles. One member said that the present (eaion was tho worst he had known doting thirty-six years' residence there. ,He ji(L jot believe that a single bag of *lcat would be gathered in the whole uea.
Settlers in these districts have been water for eighteen months. Fod®sr Was practically exhausted, and •tock is dying off fast. Farmers have >ll they can do to keep their horses so that they can carry out next ttajon's seeding. Many storekeepers *»ve had to close down.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19112, 22 September 1927, Page 9
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