DROUGHT AND BUSH FIRES
■ . i . 1 ."■ ". ~ ... 1 EFFECT ON INDUSTRY. I ■ , ; . .... i DT TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPIttiaHT, 1 \ ' Sydney, October 19. 1 Tbo dry. weather is having a disastrous j effect on tho agricultural implement trade. , Seven hundred employees bavo been discharged from various works. ' ;' Brisbane, October 19. Immense bush fires are sweeping the coun- ' try of tho Cbarlovillo and Barcaldine , dis- \ tricts. >\ . . ' ' Barcaldino is 3CO miles west of Eockhamp- ' ton and is the centre of a. fine grazing disi trict, which progresses iu spite of droughts, There arc three large artesian bores, with a ' combined daily flow estimated at at least two " million gallons. Chnrlevillo is '183 miles west , of Brisbane. . ■ .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 22, 21 October 1907, Page 7
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