BRITISH FENLAND
FLOODS
HEAVY FALL OF SNOW CAUSES
ANXIETY
(BBITISB OFFICIAL WIMXE3S.) RUGBY,- March 23. .Little change has taken place in the flooded fen district since yesterday. . Immediate danger has been averted, but with the approach of high tides in two days' time the position must remain a cause of Anxiety. Heavy snow fell yesterday in areas which drain into the GreaJ Ouse and Cam. This may add to the difficulties of the situation.
GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE
PROMISED
(Received March 24, 9 p.m.)
LONDON, March 23,
In a discussion in the House of Commons on the fenland floods, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr W. S. Morrison) said Government assistance would be given if the authorities devised a scheme to prevent inundations.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22050, 25 March 1937, Page 15
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