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DROUGHT IN N EW SOUTH WALES

A Wilcannia telegram etateß thatreports from ihe diatriot weat of the JJarllng show that some equatters are unable to get their stock m for BheariDg Owing to the weakness of tbe sheep from drought. At some Btatlons ibere is not enough water to last a month, but along tha Tlboohurra route the Government tanks havo from four to six months' supply. It may safely be said that there will ba no Jambs this saaaon west of tbe DirliDg, and no wool is going to port, all of It being Btored until rain comes.

Very gloomy reports have been received from Inverel wi'.h regard to the iff ct ot the drought on coun'-iy about the jlver BirwOD. The prolonged dry weather has had most disastrous tflfcctß on the sleek. D«ad Bheep aid catt'e are lying about m all dlrectiona, while the water holes are filled with the bodies of sheep, which were too weak to extricate themselves from the mud.

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1959, 2 October 1888, Page 4

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165

DROUGHT IN NEW SOUTH WALES Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1959, 2 October 1888, Page 4

DROUGHT IN NEW SOUTH WALES Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1959, 2 October 1888, Page 4

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