THE LACK OF RAIN
ACUTE WATER SHORTAGE
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) WANGANUI, This Day. No rain having fallen at Wanganui since March 11 has resulted in an acute shortage of water in the suburban areas and country districts for household purposes, and carting has become a daily routine. The milk supplies at the dairy factories have been reduced in some cases to nearly half that of the corresponding period last year.
Dairy farmers are anxious over the prospects for winter feed. They mdo not appear bright, and some of the farmers are already drawing on their reserve stocks of hay.
The Wanganui River in its upper reaches is exceptionally low, and navigation by smaller boats from Pipiriki is being carried on with extreme difficulty.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 88, 15 April 1939, Page 10
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123THE LACK OF RAIN Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 88, 15 April 1939, Page 10
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