IN GRIP OF DROUGHT
CENTRAL QUEENSLAND
NO RAIN FOR THREE YEARS
(United Press Association.—Copyright.)
(Received 10th June, 11 a.m.)
BRISBANE, This Day. Central and-Western Queensland are in the grip of a drought which is said to he the most severe in. the. history of the. State. The drought in some places has entered upon its-third year, and there is little hope of amelioration before November or December, when the mousoonal rains may fall. The areas involved comprise the greater part of Queensland's sheep-raising country. Millions.of sheep are being, hand fed and millions have died.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 134, 10 June 1927, Page 7
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