N. CHINA HIT BY DROUGHT
Crop Growth Hampered
(N .Z^.A.-Reuter—Copyright) HONG KONG, February 14. North China and Inner Mongolia were among areas worst hit by drought this year, Radio Peking said last night. The drought, which set in last winter, was hampering the growth of winter wheat and spring sowing. Areas in central China, in the region of the Yellow, Yangtse. Huai and Han rivers, were better off, having received snow and rain in the autumn and winter.
Even so, some crops were suffering from a shortage of water.
The broadcast said precautions would have to be taken against a spring drought in South China, especially in the provinces of Kwangtung and Kwangsi.
Space Hazard.— American space scientists have confirmee for the first time that tiny particles speeding through space can smash their way through the skins of satellites, posing a hazard for space flight—Washington. February 14.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30057, 15 February 1963, Page 9
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