§ Mr. T. WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Agriculture whether consideration has been given to the advisability of granting assistance from national funds to small farmers in the Don Valley area whose crops have been destroyed in three successive seasons on account of floods; and what is the present position of this matter?
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Major E LLIOT:I sympathise very deeply with the farmers and others who have suffered as the result of the floods in the Don Valley and elsewhere, but I regret that I am unable to hold out any hope of financial assistance from the State towards meeting any losses that they have sustained.