THE DROUGHT IN CANTERBURY.
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I'AKMKJtS THINNING THEIR JIUJIDS. GONSIGNI,\'G TO BOILING DOWN WoiiKS, dksti!ih;tivk grass I'or l'rcss Association. Akiiwimon, February 4, One of tlio results of the dry season in litis disjrict is tli.tt many limners ire t down their Hocks by sending lines to the freezing works for in' purpose of being boiled down, and < huh agents itre offering two shillings "nl s'\|iencft per bend for sneli lots. The Fuirlield freezing works are at present. vi ry brisk, the average number of fat sheep dealt with being ;1,51/0 per day. Although large lines hayo been luokcd for boiling down purposes, hoilirs have not been handled to uny quantity as yet. In Die big (,'rass (ire on Friday, near ■ linrls, Arthur Pawsey's house and >hcep yards were destroyed. The wildings, which were not insured, are ■•'lined nt £181), He also lost fifty sheep by Ire, Another farmer had eight miles of ienemg, besides pasture, destroyed, "id another estimates his loss of lasture at £l5O,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 5 February 1907, Page 2
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166THE DROUGHT IN CANTERBURY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 5 February 1907, Page 2
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