THE COUNTRY.

Evening Star, Issue 3180, 30 April 1873, Page 2

THE COUNTRY.

Nasebv. —Of late, owing to the depression caused by the protracted drought, matters have been at a standstill. On Thursday last, rain gradually gathered round, lasted through Friday aqd Saturday, thoroughly soaking the ground, and temporarily, no doubt, flushing all the creek? and races. A repetition of the dose now and then will keep the miners busy until thp frost sets in. Already gardens are showing the first pin qf winter. In this high latitude a very short time entirely clear from frost is to be depended on Various question? of district importance are beginning to crop up now. apd a special m eet ing the Municipal Council sits to-morrmy to prepare p plan of action to be urged through the district, path their approval, in the Provincial Council, Notably among these is that much vexed question of commonage, The fact is some* what startling that the inhabitants of this large district, a district that has returned so many thousand pounds of revenue to the Government, has no legal right to graze a single hoof. Admitting, as all do, that the question is a difficult one, there is no reason why, on that account, it should be shelved. The result at present of such non-provision is that meat is dear, and an obstacle at once is placed in the way of working ground that would be remunerative was living (bread, meat, and coal), to be got at cheaper rates.