WATER FAMINE.
NOWRA'DRY-BROKEN HILL IN DANGER. (Ifyyieleeraph—Press Associntlon-Uopyrlßbt.. Sydney, December 8. A water famine ia threatened at Broken Hill. The South Australian authorities have informed - the New South Wales Government that they cannot guarantco to run relief trains to the Barrier, in the event of the water failing.,:./ , [No doubt a main factor in the decision of the.; South Australian authorities is the high price :of coal; and consequent cost of railway haulage caused by the New South Wales coal Strike.] _ '••. • . The. continued dry weather is soriodsly affecting/some of the country towns. A water famine prevails at Nowra.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 685, 9 December 1909, Page 7
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98WATER FAMINE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 685, 9 December 1909, Page 7
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