AUSTRALIAN NEWS
j N.S.W. dEoCght broken
(Australian Press Association).
SYDNEY, March IE
The drought which for six,.months has prevailed in New South ~,/Wales appears to be breaking. Reports, are now. arriving in the city from various parts of the country that rain has commenced- to, fall, ~ and , the . northwestern areas are receiving a drench r ing. The news is causing wide relief and jubilation. The State Meteorologist expresses the' opinion that rain will probably, fall throughout the; State and. ‘mill’ prove most bountiful. Rainjias already ‘ ,: fe^h^S' <r Sydii%, H and is forming' (he ‘clfief 1 * {SpiS®Bf*cbti-[ versation with all’ elflVSeA lo < SYDNEY SHOW. ‘ ; ,s ' . SYDNEY, March 18. Sydney Royal, Snow Opened to-day. It will continue;' for ten days. It does not appear to be affected either by the war or by the unprecedented drought which has afflicted New South Wales for six months, but which now appears tcTbe eliding.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 March 1940, Page 6
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