TREMENDOUS LOSSES
SOUTH AFRICAN DROUGHT
MANY FARMERS RUINED
MELBOURNE, July 26. According to a letter received from South Africa by Senator Guthrie, fconclitions there aro d ? esporate owing to a prolonged drought. ' Tlie loss of sheep is quite twelve millions. Men wealthy a few years ago now are ruined. Farms are being sold at Is a morgen, which is 2£ acres. Dairy cattle aro unsaleable and feed ii unprocurable, ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 23, 27 July 1933, Page 11
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69TREMENDOUS LOSSES Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 23, 27 July 1933, Page 11
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