THE DROUGHT IN AUSTRALIA.
LONDON, July 23. Sir E. Barton, commenting on th& Daily Mail's, cablegram of appalling losses by the drought in Australia, expresses the utmost confidence in the recuperative powers of Australia . Ho is quite aware of the pa-toralist-,' difficulties lit part-, of New South Wales. He deprecates alarmists' exaggerations in order to enable ;■. particular industry to exact cnce<--ions from the Federal ment regardless of the general intci^ts of the community. Mr Copland, in an optimistic letter to the newspaper-, quotes numerous and iv.i strri-fic- in r«-piy to the sensational statements about the drought in New South trnle-,, showing, the financial and pastoral standpoint. SYDNEY, July 23. Further light rains have fallen over the drought area-. The weather is very cold, and there is snow on the highlands.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2524, 30 July 1902, Page 15
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