DISASTER BY DROUGHT.
NEW,; SOUTH WALES PERU. WIDESPREAD 'f RUIN FEARED. URGENT, NEED FOR < RELIEF. By Telecrsph-Press • AisMiaticn~Co»yrl«W,' "■ - v . * .-(Received 0.5 p.m.) ': * '.* '■ . A. and N.Z. ' SYDNEY, May It. •^Aydeputation;;representing the stock interests »'| interviewed i : : the -J Minister : for Agriculture v! and^LandC to-day ■ and brought ";. before '.<-. t him I) : „ the Y£/ serious plight lof »* the gracing •';." areas . owing to v' the continued drought. £ The »;= deputation J painted a. gloomy picture 'M of the outlook, and declared that unless the etock-craers were able to get supplies of fodder immediately, there was going to be th» most serious disaster known in New South Wales. ;' ; < , ■, ■< ■f' ■ ; Sheep" l 'and other, stock" they, declared would die in hundreds of thousands, 'the Socks would be devastated, and the owners ruined. '-/'\;' ,: ''' ''■; '; '} rX ' : *'*?,:) [i The Minister was sympathetic, 'and said the "Government recognised the ex* treme i necessity for relief, , and f - was doing everything possible in its power, but wae hampered by the scarcity of shipping, and in other directions. . .-, ■ ,'< fr
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17471, 15 May 1920, Page 7
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