A TERRIBLE DROUGHT.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1810, 1 November 1888, Page 1

A TERRIBLE DROUGHT.

Sydney, Oct. 29, There are no signs of the drought breaking up. In many parts 1 of the colony the thermometer stands at 103 in the shade. In the immediate neighborhood of Howlong, the heat is not quite so bad, but in other parts of the same district the crops arc almost beyond hope. At Broken Jlill, trains conveying water are arriving daily, and their freight is being sold at <fpur shillings, per hundred gallons. In the Eden district' (towards the coast), heavy raids have fallen, and that country will be able to hold out some time. The Nowra district is exceedingly dry, and disastrous bush fires are raging in all directions. On one station alone twenty thousand acres of grass has been destroyed. At Gundagai rain has fortunately fallen over the farm areas, but in Argyle many settlers are selling off their stock fearing ths disastrous results of a dry , season. The crops in that quarter are also suffering greatly, and potato planting has entirely ceased. Near Inverell sheep are dying large numbers. At Kempsey grass is still., abundant. Bush fires are also devastating Namaoi district. Burra Burra station has been burned but and several runs in Walgett and Moree have been destroyed. Oct. 30. Eain has fallen at Kiama, Woollongong, Berry, Braidwood, and Camden. ;