AUCTION SALES
; '■'.*! ;' .:.'■■'.-TO-DAY..'. i, ...Onslow Wellington, 10.30 a.m.— ! Furniture, sale (E. Johnston and Co.). Colombo,; Road Yards, Masterton, 1-p.m.— ~: ~ "," .'Stock "sale'(Dalgety"'and Co., N.Z. Loan ! •' "■ Co., Wairarapa Farmers', and Wright, Stephenßon and'Oo.). • ■ ' * Te floro Yards, 1 p.m.—Stook sale (Dalgety - ■ and Co.). - 1 Town Hall,. Levin, 2 p.m.—Land sale* (Abra- | ham and Williams). ! Feathoraton Street; Wellington, Z p.m.— - •" Sale of oil paintings, water colours, etc. i (Bethuno and Co.). ; , : Clyde Quay, Wellington, 2.15. p.m.-Salo of J '-" dogs; ;. . ' • - ' ; TO-MOEROW. I -Bre'akneok, lea, Masterton—Sale of stock ■ and implements (Levin and Co.). Koputarua, 12 noon (Ist day).—Salo of cheep j- and podigree cattle'(Abraham and Wili ; Hams). \} 64 Hobson Str_qot, Wellington, 12,30 p.m.— :' Furniture sale (E. Johnston and Co.). i ', Tipper Hutt Yards, 1 p.m.-Stook sale (Dalgety and Co., and. N.Z. Loan Co.). [."..'-.'■ FRIDAY. ! 2 Shed, King's Wharf, Wellington, 10 a.m. ; . ■ ■ —Sale of corrugated iron (B. Johnston j- -and 0.). : . Koputarua, 12 noon "(2nd day),—Sale of i sheep and pedigree cattle'(Abraham ! . •-....• and -Williams). i ..''.' 195 Lambton Quay, Wellington, 2.30 p.m.— ;■ '."'." City.property salo (Harcourt and Co.). The Haymarket, Auckland, 2.30 p.m.—Land ; '! Bale (AQBuckland and Son). r DROUGHT IN THE NORTH j' vy'./TARMS BARB AS TABLES." | . ■ The drought,which is at. present heir,;; I i experienced in the north is, so far as i. canj be ascertained, tlie most severe -,-. which has visited this portion of the ■: ; ' : Dominion, 6tates the Whangarei corre■f spondent of the "New 1 Zealand Herald.". f . Old residents questioned on tho matter i say that they have_ experienced other i '~ ''dry spells," of wmch that of \■ .1 among the most serious. Pastures bavo been burnt up and feed left scanty, so | ~tha£ slock fell away in condition, ajid the .milk suppl.v was "cut down, but never ;' before has the lack of rain caused auch ;■ " widespread consequences. ■ • Oh all sides of Wlmngarei there is a • dearth of feed hitherto unknown, Pndj docks on many well-Tilled farms, which ' inother seasons have yielded rich, whole; 1 some pastures, are now as bare ns a ■-;-- table. One may pass mile after milo ■ along tho' country roads and rend the ; same- sad fale. It is not as if the sumfeed had bc'ii quickly parched up, leaving a, dried growth. There has tceti ] j no sudden burst of- hen't, but a gradual ;■ "". drying up of moisture, keeping time with the consumption of the diminshing food growth, the result being.that both grass and water have slowly disappeared. I ■ .Quite considerable streams _ which have ; been running without cessation for years. lave- dried up, winie swamps and mudlibles have become things of the past. ■The main streams still provide .water,. | and the bush and gum lands scanty food, I . but the problem is becoming serious. [ _ Sheep throughout the country are iook- | ing Tveli. Jfiie dry weather appears to '. havo them instead of bringi ing tho sal" consequences evident among ! cattle. The north is,' however, n er.ttleTaj6ihg country, and in'. this direction ; there can be no doubt whatever thnt ;•■ serious-loss has boen ccc.isionpd by the i lack of rain. ' There is still, from what j ■;! -can,be.gathered, a fair demand for.beef, ; / but it Is oifiy to bo expected that tho i quality is falling off and the number of ! fats senf away must be (Timinished. It i -. is in dairy and store stock, however, ' . ■ ■ that th'e principal loss is occasioned, Tho 1 -dry season has been disastrous 1 for dairy- :' ing. ■" Cream carts have ceased to run, and factory outputs havo been reduced to a qtrantity never before known at this : , - : time of the year. "Dairy herds are being dried off and the cattle turned into the scrub to take their chance'. " ; . Sy Telegraph—Press Association. i ■-•-•■■ Auckland, May 13. I. The Auckland district is still suffering j ■". . from tl)B prolonged I drought. Reports j . from the Waikato state that prices of stock are falling, and fed is very scarce. i -Fanners are trying to rush stock to niac--1 -ket, but.the freezing.works are full, and buyers are holding, off.' ; ' ;■ ■ ' A visitor who has just returned from \. i Whangarei. statesUhat the Wairau Eiver i is so low that a man can wade'.across at the top of the falls. As the/river sup- !. ■ -plies the electric station with 'power, the !■ matter has become serious, and already , ther.o has not been enough power to keep ! tha cement works supplied/as well as to light Whangarei.;.:.,■■• ■'. r
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