DROUGHT IN SOUTH AFRICAN DISTRICTS.
WORST FOR 70 YEARS Capetown, Oct. 18. The prevalent drought in the Cape mldlanda Is described officially as the worst for to years. No good rain« have fallen for five years in six of the stricken areas, and 6000 families are being kept alive by relief measures. Millions ot sheep are dead and the lose tn the elx districts alone Is e»tjmated at £3,000,000,
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 20 October 1927, Page 8
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69DROUGHT IN SOUTH AFRICAN DISTRICTS. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 20 October 1927, Page 8
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