BENEFICIAL RAINS.
DOWNPOURS IN AUSTRALIA.
(QUEENSLAND DROUGHT ENDED
SYDNEY, Jan. 25
Floods and 'Heavy general rain east i from the .Darling River are predicted by tho New South Wales meteorologist. The western districts have benefited incalculably from the rain of the last two days. Further downpours are likely. As • result the Barwon River is in flood. A cyclone is developing about the central c0a5t.,.... . y . Tfie rain ljas lifted the outback depression. Huge sums will be saved in fodder alone. The drought has definitely broken in Western Queensland. Twenty-three staI tions reported rain, where seven years of drought had been experienced. The railway bridge over the Cloncurry. I Riier was washed away. The river ,!s a ! raging torrent. Graziers say the rain is worf.h millions of pounds. « : : i—=
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20473, 27 January 1930, Page 12
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