DISASTROUS DROUGHT
QUEENSLAND FARMERS FACE RUIN
2,000,000 SHEEP LOST
BRISBANE, July 31
Queensland is experiencing the most widespread and disastrous drought for more than 40 years, and the state’s rainfall during the last three months has been 68 points, the lowest in history. Many farmers and pastoralists face ruin because of the prolonged dry spell. About 2,000,000 sheep have been lost, and the sugar crop will be 165,000 tons below the estimates, representing a money loss of £3,000,000. The wheat crop is expected to be a failure because of the lack of planting rains, and the dairying and agricultural output has dropped tremendously. , , , , It is estimated that the total drought losses are about £10,000,000. Bush fires are burning in all parts of the state.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 1 August 1946, Page 7
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