DROUGHT IN HAWKE'S BAY
"That'portion of the Hawke's Bay district lying between Danuevirke and Napier is stated to be Buffering from a severo' drought, little' or no rain, has fallen in. tile district• this year, and'a. largo area'is'said to he practically destitute'of herbage. 'Tho freezing chambers' are already .'congested,. and' with no pros-. p'e'ct of killing,'sheep have been'sold 'at. as low a 'figure as -is. a "head. Some stri-' tions that have commenced to boil downtheir stock are securing a return of Bs. ; a' head .for- tub skin and the tallow. Mr, : J'.:"V. Brown, M.P. for Napier, has suggested that the Government should buy the- a lock -that 'farmers aro unable lb feed, thus relieving pressure on the dried■up country, and, at tho same time, making available at a reasonable price stock for soldiers' farms.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 191, 8 May 1919, Page 10
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135DROUGHT IN HAWKE'S BAY Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 191, 8 May 1919, Page 10
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