THE REGENT STORM.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 912, 3 September 1910, Page 8

THE REGENT STORM.

OF LAMBS. . It.was expected'that there w6uld be heavy losses of lambs,: in consequence of; the. 'sturin at:.the. beginning .of.thb week, arid, 'unfortunately, -the expectations; have boeii;realised. , : .'■■'.ThisTflxtent of -the, mortality is. not 'known r yet, . but reports which.' have corpie to:haiid show that,tho. death-roll has.'been a-beavy one." "WTiilo it is obvious. : that a substantially 'correct estimate, of ■tbe'.-fosses'.'caii'' hardly have been made." in"so short ■ a time, on accountof .the time required on the .big stations to "gather ' the, information, it is "certain" that thb sheep farmers havo sustained a severe financial, loss. ■:.,,, .'One; Wairarap'a : . report, was to . the effect that: hundreds of: pounds' -'worth of ;damage; had been .done, • andi another stated:-'that dead' lambs were -flying about m'hundreds. . , .- , • ' - : v ln".-a .few days accounts, should be available • which ' will r give a fairly accurate :idea 'of; the:position.-: It ;can-1

not; however,-;:be'.hoped.: that: the-losses. -are'.' slight,. as'; there .were;7a. gdbd midiy' ■lambs'"alrea'dy^bpirn , -in.. ■;ihis : ;island;v!und' it' is beyond do iibt thtit-a; ! fair .percent tag'e*-. of/them'were 'not strong- enough :to withstand .the; weather./..-', ,'.'\l\. :'• :'.'■'