NEW SOUTH WALES.
! Sydney. October 18. A very severe drought is beiog cxi perienced throughout this colony, and is likey to prove almost unexampled m its effects, and the outlook is consequently very gloomy. In the agricultural districts crops are a partial or entire failure, and the condition of all kinds of stock is very low. A great colonial disaster can only be averted by an early and copious rainfall. The solicitor employed by Holt," ex-' manger, Bank of New Zealand, has published correspondence showing that Mr Clark, Minister of Justice, promised that Holt should be released from gaol if sixty members of the Opposition m Parliament signed a petition to the Minister, praying that Holt be released, This was done, and §tr H. Parkes, premier, endorsed the promise made by the Minister of Justice, but subsequently withdrew his consent to the course proposed. Holt's solicitor, m a letter accompanying the publication of this correspondence, accuses the Government of torturing Holt by holding out false hopes that his term of ) imprisonment would be commuted.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1974, 19 October 1888, Page 2
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174NEW SOUTH WALES. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1974, 19 October 1888, Page 2
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