LATER PARTICULARS. A TERRIBLE OUTLOOK.

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 64, 27 November 1888, Page 2

LATER PARTICULARS. A TERRIBLE OUTLOOK.

Sydxkv, November 26 The drought is causing sad linvo<j_,Vj am ng the she*p in toe country districts. ~' '■ A drover was engaged driving a mob of 15,'>00 sheep from Wileannia to Hay, and lost 12 OCX) en route. Should the drought continue, it is hard to know where to secure supplies unless New Zeaiand ix able to come to tbe re* scue Smce the l*»t November the price of factory butter has risen one hundred per cent, bummer fruits are filling offi" ihe trees by the bu*ht>l_ and the jam companies will be seriously affe ted. In the New England distnct the harvest never has been so bad for the last 40 years. At Bathnrst there is no agricultural produoe. At Braid woop the potato crop has failed. At Burrowa the pastoral returns are fair, but the agricultural products sre altogether bad. The Cowra district has suffered only slight losses iri "stock but agriculture is ruined. At Deniliquin the outlook is dreary, and prices for produce are rapidly advancing. Tbe Goulburn distriot has suffered very much from bush fires, and an enormous loss is reported. The wheat crop has been a complete failure. At Greenfell a water famine is imminent, and it is feared tbat the flourmill* will be idle for the next twelve months. At Hillston there will be no harvest thi* year, and the effect on trade is moat disastrous. Many persons at Inverell have been ruined in consequence of the crops failing. At Wagga W, gg » tfc f crops are only six inches high and not worth catting for hay. In the Wellington district the wheat crops look fairly well. Prioes fer produce are rising, and ruin is staring the squatters in the faoe. The Wileannia district is m a terrible st4te. Oije station alone lost 63,000 lambs. Some stations practically haye been abandoned. Thewool cannot reach market owing ta travelling difficulties. At Yass the potatoaud hay crop has been a failure. Hobabt, November 26. The drought has broken up and the crops have been sated. Supplies of hay and chaff are still short. Bbisbanb, November 26. At Croydon heavy rain has fallen, and the outlook is now more hopeful. Meat,, bread and potatoes are very high-; and fodder at famine prices. Maiae is selling at 7s, chaff Hs per cwt. Adelaide, November 26. The drought is not altogether respon* si ble for ths condition of the crops, *9 in the.Nortbern districts grasshoppers have bepn the main cause. .