THE GILBERT ISLANDS
WORST DROUGHT ON'RECORD. NATIVES SHORT OF. FOOD. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, February 9. (Reooivcd Feb. 9, at 9.55 p.m.) The drought which has no long been pievalent in the Gilbert Islands continues. It is the worst ever experienced. Many cocoanut trees'are dead, and there is much distress amongst the- natives. 'Dig Government is distribnling rations.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15064, 10 February 1911, Page 5
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