DROUGHT IN THE SOUTH.
WHEAT GROWING AFFECTED. , "VERY SERIOUS INDEED." [BT TELEGRAPH.— CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington', Sunday.' "'The drought in the South Island has chiefly affected South Canterbury and North Otago, which are the principal wheat-growing areas of the Dominion," said the Prime Minister, „the Right Hon. W. F. Massey, to-day. "I regard the outlook as very serious indeed. If we get rain within the next two or three weeks the position would be saved. It is unfortunate that the draught has struck the wheat-growing districts more than anywhere else. . "It has been suggested that I should permit the exportation of wheat to Australia on condition that it was returned when the Australian harvest came in. I do not intend to take any risks with the foodstuffs of the people, nor take any chances of getting ourselves into the position in which we found ourselves last year owing to the shortage of wheat."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16039, 4 October 1915, Page 3
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