Show H HH H HH H H M H i H i-i- i 4 1 NEAR A FAMINE AMINE i 0 t tW W WASHINGTON Dec C. C 4 i 4 There would have hae been a meat 0 4 J. J 4 famine in Melbourne Australia 4 4 during the week of the tho visit il t of 4 OZ 4 the American merican fleet t if one of 4 1 11 4 1 tho lar large e freezing companies had bad hadnot 4 not stored carcasses of ot 4 4 j mutton and 2000 carcasses of 4 4 beef This scarcity was duo to 4 4 the tho recent drou drought bt conditions in 44 4 4 J the southern portion of Austra Austra- 4 Jf 4 lia ia Mr Jr Jewell Tewell adds that the 4 r J present prices of meat t in MelI Mel Mel- I- I arc aro tho hi highest ever ver 4 4 i- i known in tho the state stab of Victoria Victorino I 1 4 T- T THo Ho Ile says that the impression sion is isi 41 4 I 0 i 1 that beef will be dear in in Melv Mel Mel- Iel 4 t v bourne for an nn indefinite nito period 4 f I L. L 4 o I H r I. I |