DROUGHT IN AFRICA
TRAGIC STORIES RELATED . - REFERENCES IN PARLIAMENT ; CAPETOWN, May 26 The South African Parliament was opened to-day by the Governor-General, the Earl of Clarendon, with the usual formalities. The Speech from the Throne indicated that a short session would deal with the Budget and urgent measures regarding unemployment and the widespread distress due to the drought. The seriousness of the drought was emphasised by this reference .in the Speech. Members told tragic stories of farmers who were affluent three years ago, but now are reduced to poverty, and are subsisting on rations issued by magistrates. The drought affects the Orange Free State, North-West Cape and the Midlands. The maize crops have been reduced from 20,000,000 to 9,000,000 bags, and there is none available for export. It is anticipated that the Government will distribute maize for feed for stock. Thousands of sheep have died, and the railway resources are taxed to the utmost in removing stock to pasturage. Isolated areas, however, are in a hopeless condition.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21503, 29 May 1933, Page 9
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