FARMERS' PLIGHT
DRY SPELL IN OTAGO APPEAL TO GOVERNMENT [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] DUXEDIX, Tuesday The seriousness of the farmers' position in the areas of Otago affected by the prolonged dry spell was stressed at a meeting of the Otago provincial council of the New Zealand Farmers' Union to-day. it was decided to ask the Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. W. Lee Martin, to inspect the districts, and to ask the Government to grant farmers free railage of stock to the grazing lands of Canterbury. A member said that even if rain fell, it would be too late to assist in providing winter feed, as already two frosts had been experienced in Central Otago.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22988, 16 March 1938, Page 12
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