ASHBURTON.
March 2. Arrangements are far advanced for the industrial exhibition which is to be held on a grand scale in Asbburton on tbe 16th, 17th, and 18th March. The large town hall, which can accommodate one thousand people, is to be made use of, besides a large marquee adjoining ninety feet square. Some five thousand feet of table space have already been applied for, and exhibits of every class in art and manufacture will be shown. It is calculated that the exhibition will be of great magnitude, and of more than ordinary interest.
There is a great amount of sickness in the town and district, and deaths are alarmingly numerous. Dysentery has been very fatal, and there have been several fatal cases of cholera morbus. The hands of the medical men are full. The illness is attributed to the hot weather, and to the underground water supply having become fouled. The grain season has fairly commenced, and dry weather is expected for harvest operations. Threshing machines are at work everywhere. There is an excellent yield, and the harvest is in every way satisfactory.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3021, 2 March 1881, Page 3
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