THE DROUGHT
Sir, —I wonder how many of your readers have noticed, how, when droughts, floods, . earthquakes, etc., strike in far-away lands, some individuals and organisations in New Zealand are quick to offer relief to the countries concerned. What prompts me to mention this is the fact that at the . present moment many of our Canterbury farmers are passing through a crisis owing to the lack of rain, which ; is serious indeed for them; but outside the practical effort to induce rain by the use of dry ice, we find one organisation offering prayers only. There would appear to be something more spectacular in the offering of aid to overseas countries.—Yours, etc., January 24, 1956. [The correspondent could perhaps suggest ways and means of helping.— 4 Ed., “The Press.”]
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27875, 25 January 1956, Page 7
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129THE DROUGHT Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27875, 25 January 1956, Page 7
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