WATER SHORTAGE IN WANGANUI
DAIRY FARMERS ANXIOUS fUnited Prep* Association! WANGANUI. This Day. No rain having fallen in Wanganui since 11th has resulted in an acute shortage of water in the suburban areas and country districts for household purposes. and carting has become a daily routine. Milk supplies at dairy factories have been reduced in' some cases to nearly half that of the corresponding period last year. Dairy farmers are anxious over the prospects for winter feed, which do not appear bright, and some already are drawing on reserve stocks of hay. The Wanganui River in the upper reaches is exceptionally low. navigation by smaller boats from Pipiriki being carried on with extreme difficulty.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 15 April 1939, Page 8
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