WORST FOR 10 YEARS
SOUTH AFRICAN DROUGHT FIVE YEARS WITHOUT RAIN (Hlec. Tel. Copyright --United Press Assn.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Oct. 19, 2 p.m.) .CAPETOWN, Oct. IS. The prevalent, drought in the Cape midlands is described officially as the worst for 79 years. No good rains have fallen for five years in the six stricken areas, 6000 families being kepi alive by relief measures. Millions- of sheep are dead, and the loss in the six districts alone is estimated at £3,000,000.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16474, 19 October 1927, Page 13
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84WORST FOR 10 YEARS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16474, 19 October 1927, Page 13
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