MANAWATU RELIEVED
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) PALMERSTON N., This Day. The drought has definitely broken in the Manawatu. Rain overnight developed steadily into several heavy showers throughout the forenoon and is still falling.
Nearly all sports fixtures have been abandoned.
The rainfall means much to "farmers, many of whom are in serious plight through the lack of feed. Rural householders in several areas have been carting water.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 59, 11 March 1939, Page 11
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