EFFECT OF SNOWSTORM.
CONDITIONS AT OXFORD SERIOOS
LOSSES INCREASING DAILY. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. Mr. P. Mackenzie, inspector of stock in Christchurch, returned to Christchurch to-day after an official visit to Oxford. He reports that the condition there continues to be very serious. Large numbers of 'sheep are snowed in.'and as there is no country clear of snow there is no place to take the sheep, even if they are got out of the deep snow. A farmer told Mr. Mackenzie that he had 600 hoggets in the snow and would be very thankful if 300 were saved. Another farmer had 2700 sheep in the country behind Oxford, and got out about 1800. The deaths are increasing daily, even amongst the hand-fed sheep, because they have become weaker and are unable to get out of places that would have offered little difficulty a few days ago. It is stated that the loss of sheep on Mr. A. W. Rutherford's Mendip Hills station has been very heavy.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 July 1918, Page 7
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168EFFECT OF SNOWSTORM. Taranaki Daily News, 15 July 1918, Page 7
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