ThejDnbbo correspondent of c Sydney ( paper, writing of the ravages of."" the r' drought of last autumn, says: — "One paddock, m which 23,000 sheep were J ] placed; after last shearing, produces 1 how ', only 1,600 sheep, and the remainder must ] be looked for m the heaps of blenched i bones scattered around, and the skeletons i to be observed »t every step. Another j station, which had m Sept., 1881. 90,000 i sheep, now can Only muster 6000 ; and j these two instances, which are given by i way of example, "are only illustrative of ] losses on nearly every station within 1 100 miles of Dubbo." ■■.:. \\
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 143, 25 May 1883, Page 2
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