ISLES OF DISTRESS
But for the Abyssinian and Spanish wars there might be prosperity to-day in the Karoo Islands instead of distress. The market for sun-dried fish, on which nearly all these islanders depend, has been destroyed by ttiese wars. So serious is the situation that the Government of Denmark, of which the Karoos are a province, has come to the rescue with a loan of £'loo.ooo as security to the islanders for unsold stocks of tish, and ijoO.OOO is to bo spent on advertising to create a new market.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22628, 16 January 1937, Page 2 (Supplement)
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90ISLES OF DISTRESS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22628, 16 January 1937, Page 2 (Supplement)
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