A BLIZZARD.
DAMAGE AT MAXGAH.AO. ; A report from Mflngahao states that, tho fbiying and rfebw-ing of man?els has .faiied to produce, a xirap, and in despair farmers are now try in? for a turnip crop. Maize, which was very backward owing to the cold winds and late frosts, has now been completely destroyed by the dread"ful gale w:hich passed over the district last week, blaekenin l : beans,- pea-, fruit trees, even the weeds in exposed positions, and throsliLiicr the leaves off the willows, till tlie.y look'as if the breath of a furnace had passed over them. Pome settlers declare that, the heavy wind on that day was laden with.silt; it certainly. had a blighting etTeet 011 nearly every Rreeii thine, and the gardens and cr,op's generally have a wearv dejected air as if the}- were tired of beint buffeted to and fro, while the farmer is.beginning seriously to .n-cmlcr irherp he is to get his supplies 0? winter feed.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1317, 21 December 1911, Page 8
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159A BLIZZARD. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1317, 21 December 1911, Page 8
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