FAMINE AND DISEASE.
STALKING THROUGH ENEMY COUNTRIES. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. ZURICH, July 29. The German newspapers report a jrrave epidemic of dysentery in the bifj cities. Many deaths are reported, mostly of children and old people, due to the poor quality of the bread supplied. There is a complete famine in Istria, where the privations of the last two years have now reached the climax. The inhabitants have been reduced to the eating of frrass. Many denths, due to starvation, have occurred. A portion of Ihe populace was permilled l«* make a pilgrimage to the province of Cnmiola for lhe purpose of begging for food. The Austrians stamped on the passports of these “authorised beggars from Istria.”
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Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 7912, 31 July 1917, Page 3
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