A Terrible Drought.
Th'e long-continued drouglit m New: South Wales is terriblo m its Effects m certain districts.. A Dubbo correspon-; dent ot the Bathnrst Times Writes • — ; " I telegraphed information concerning: the station Wonbobbie, about 50 miles from here, where twelve months ago wthjejjbad 60,000 sheep, and now have barely 12,000, aud. these arq dying so^ I fast that none will be left if rain does, noi-'come by-the end of Match: This; is only one station out of many "whose losses arc- in about .the-sahie prbpor , jtion v ,Qn pther stations men ai-e eniplpye)i]cu|ting dowri| jtrees t^k"eey as "niany sfieep as poesibte from starvation, and nW~ that -th'e^ lambing is clpse,vafehap.d!wbat few s.heep. are left willhave a; trough time of it. I have jk'si/been io^d by a commercial man who" lias" been travelling down the Bogan, thatainqng ether lines he mentioned woolsacks to a usually large f^^rj^pse answer was,/|tDtonib ailk about woolpacks. f be able to put all my wool this year into three bushel packs.' " ; - Ou-j lo a-' '•,.,••; : -::. . .>. : -l ■-'■ - : -
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 102, 26 March 1884, Page 3
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170A Terrible Drought. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 102, 26 March 1884, Page 3
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