DROUGHT IN ENGLAND.
Permanent Relief Measures Arrived At. British Official wircleaa. (Received February 23. 1.30 p.m.) RUGBY, February 22. Reference to the long-continued drought which is causing considerable inconvenience in some country districts • was made by the Minister cf Health, Mr B. Hilton Young, in the House of Commons, on a money motion in connection with the Water Supplies I Bill. This measure authorises contributions of about £1,000,000 to local authorities in improving water supplies. The Minister said that up to the present no exceptional difficulty had been experienced in maintaining the supplies of the towns, and if the drought continued a programme for increasing these was ready to be put into opera-' tion. In the rural areas they were trying to relate emergency measures to more permanent measures, but the burden was too great for the rural population to bear alone. State grants would bridge the gulf left after the local authorities had made'their contributions.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20238, 23 February 1934, Page 7
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