N. QUEENSLAND SUFFERS
HIGH PRICE OF BEEF WAGGA (N,S.W.), Jan. 24. Mr. Kilpatrick, M.L.A.,' who■ ■. •hiih been visiting his brother iii Nortli Queensland, says that good rains have fallen in the coastal areas, and moder-' ate falls have been recorded inland. ". In some parts, however, the long drought continues. ,• . ■ 'Cattle and sheep stations lost 80 to 0(1 per cent, of their stock. Beef is very scarce in the coas'al area, and is now being supplied from the far north-west, selling on stulio'is at .'i2s (id per 1001 b. on the hoof, and a further cost of 30s a head ins t" be added for droving before U readies the seaboard. Thus a bullock weighing six cwt.-costs about ill') 10s, landed at the coast.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17176, 5 February 1930, Page 9
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123N. QUEENSLAND SUFFERS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17176, 5 February 1930, Page 9
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