Drought Items.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 563, 5 November 1902, Page 3

Drought Items.

A Tthfiftty'/ drought itom. At Bowi 6 famijy [jag h.ad to desert tho homestead and camp at a water-bole, three miles off. Lasi ; uionth, over 800 head of cattlo ped'shed ;n and round that ono hole, whi.i o holes on tho run can show tho whitening hones and sun-dried carcases of : lim<dreds more. Twice in tho last three months -.tho stockmen have found sai-Vllod and bridled horsos dead a few miles from the tracks, but they saw nothing of tho riders ; und, in that now waterless country, search is iinpossihio, beyond the radius of a day or two’s travel. AVhen rain does come, there will be some dreadful finds and dreadful stories to tell of dead men’s bones and tho wanderings of thirst-mad travellers. During one of tho severe duststorms now so prevalent in C.Q., a hot blast as from a furnace swept over this station, withering what little vegetation remained and driving tho stock so mad with terror and thirst that they ran themselves to death or took refuge in all Borts of strange places. Throe days lator, when tho homestead was visited, a mare was found in the dining-room, dead ; and, in tho washhouse, three more horses lay dead—one of them being an “ outlaw ” they hud novor boeu ablo to got noar sineo she was branded.

THE SHEARING AT DYINGFAST

low, this is a tale I hoard last week, In a pub whero beer flowed fast, 'rom shearor Brown who arrivod in town From a run called Dyingfnst:

‘ AA r o reached the shed with pockots slack, But a smilo that was good to see. Tho boss camo down to the littlo town, Said 1 Mon, now listen to me ’:

11 ‘Ten pounds a hundred’s the rate I give ’; Then up went a mighty cheer. Ho walked away, then turned to say : 1 Thore’s only ono left to shear.’

Steps that are quick are indicative of energy and agitation. Tiptoe walking symbolises surprise, curiosity, discretion, or mystery,

Turned-in toes are often found with pre-occupied, absent-minded persons. The miser's walk is represented as stooping, noiselciss, with short, nervous, anxious steps.

Slow steps, whether long or short, suggest a gentle or reflectijve. stato of mind, as the case may he. The proud step is slow and measured ; the toes are conspicuously turned out, the legs straightened.

The direction of the steps wavering and following every changing impulse of the mind, inevitably betrays uncertainty, hesitation, and indecision.

COOK COUNTY COUNCIL,