THE QUEENSLAND FLOODS.
■i — [Special to Pbiss Association/! BRISBANE, Fbb. 23. Much of the sugar crop in the Bundaberg district haß been destroyed. Until the flood occurred the prospects this year had been exceptionally bright. The Government meteorologist predicts more rain.
FPsb Paies association/) AUCKLAND, Feb. 22. The Mayor telegraphed to-day to the Premier of Queensland, asking whether assistance for the relief of the distressed ! should be sent in kind rather than in money, there being a feeling here that food should be sent, aB it was so much more expensive in the flooded districts. No reply baa yet been received. The total ataount collected here has reached about £1500. NAPIER, Feb. 22. The amount collected in two days towards the Queensland Belief Fund is £300 with other lists to come in. Committees havo been formed at Hastings and Waipukarau.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4577, 23 February 1893, Page 3
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140THE QUEENSLAND FLOODS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 4577, 23 February 1893, Page 3
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