DROUGHT IN SOUTH AFRICA.
REPORTS EXAGGERATED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received Octber 23, 9.5 a.m.) CAPETOWN, October 22. The Premier’s office lias issued a statement that reports appearing in the British press to the effect that the drought in South Africa is the worst for forty years. that cattle are dying like flies and that the ground , : s covered with locusts, are greatly exagThe statement admits that the drought is severe in certain parts, butthe rainy season is beginning. There has been a sever© visitation of locusts, but the Government is confident that it is able to cope successfully with the pest.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17178, 23 October 1923, Page 1
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