THE DROUGHT IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1807, 25 October 1888, Page 4

THE DROUGHT IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

y Settlers in New Zealand, despite all their complainings,' have reason for congratulation, that under no circumstances can such a description as we find in the Sydney Morning Herald of the state of things in N.S,W., be truthfully applied to their surroundiogs“ No words could describe the horrors of the situation through the whole of this district; nothing approaching- it has ever t been known before within the memory of the oldest resident. On all sides is presented a scene of utter desolution, to say nothing of black ruin ;and for three blocks of this,!,'wretched desert the Government make us pay a rent of nearly £6OO, and yet every improvement on the place has been made and paid for by us. . The frightful suffering and distress all round u« is most depress-

ing, travellers leaving their poor horses to their fate, to a most miserable ending, their eyes being picked out before they die ; the men themselves having all they can do to get water. Dried tanks, dead and dying sheep wherever you go, and the heat of summer rapidly approaching. If rain does not come soon I can only say Q-od help us, for I don’t know what w© will all db. The. loss of the stock between here and the Darling alone must be tremendous, and there is little hope of any increase next year as the sheep will not be in a fit condition. The state of the country requires to be seen to be believed,”