INDIA AND CEYLON
DISASTROUS VISITATIONS [by CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] (Rec. December 22, 11.30 a.m.) COLOMBO, December 21 Malaria has killed two thousand. The price of quinine has trebled, and five months’ supply was issued in twenty days. Thousands of lbs. are being rushed from India, Java and England. The North-western Province faces a food shortage owing to floods and a caterpillar plague succeeding the prolonged drought. The Duke of Gloucester cabled his sympathy.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 22 December 1934, Page 7
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