AUSTRALIAN DROUGHT.
“ALARMIST REPORTS.”
PRIME MINISTER’S REBUKE,
The drought was referred to. by the Prime Minister of Australia, Mr Bruce, in the course of a speech at the Sydney show. He referred to the “gloomy prophets” who, he said, were telling the world that Australia was on the verge of a disastrous drought. “The real facts,” he said, “are that occasional droughts are part of our national climate. They bring in their train certain troubles, but also certain blessings. Every thinking man knows that they are no justification for pessimistic utterances about Australia.
“I ask you to realisq the damage done by these false and alarmist reports, and to do everything iii your power to prevent them from gaining the publicity and credence which they so little deserve.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 9670, 17 April 1923, Page 6
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128AUSTRALIAN DROUGHT. Gisborne Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 9670, 17 April 1923, Page 6
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