DRY WEATHER IN NORTH AUCKLAND.
(By Tolograpli.—Press Association.) Auckland, March 1 6. Prolonged dry weather has been experienced in the iar north of Auckland this summer, and in some parts it is .reported 110 rain has fallen since October. Miich inconvenience and distress has resulted, for water supplies have becomo very short. At various times cases of disease among Maoris have been reported, but have fortunately not proved to be serious outbreaks. Within the past few days, however, news has been sent to the district ■ health officer that typhoid fever has broken out among the Maoris at'Ohaeawai settlement, about a dozen miles inland from the liay of Islands. Steps were taken to have the' Natives looked after, and a field hospital, with a nurso in charge, lias been established. In consequence of the prolonged dry weather, stock in the, north is suffering severely, as the grass is nearly all completely dried up, and affords little feed. Large areas have been burnt during the season, and fern and grass alike have been cleared right off.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1694, 10 March 1913, Page 3
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174DRY WEATHER IN NORTH AUCKLAND. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1694, 10 March 1913, Page 3
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