THE DROUGHT IN AUSTRALIA.
Melbourne, October 3) - Rain is badly wanted in the Rutherglen district; it is feared the crops will be riiined. Adelaide, October 31. Disheartening accounts continue to reich I own from the pastoral districts. Owing to the severe drought on the Gdwlor plains, half the wheat heads are without grain, and grasshoppers have taken all the grass in the. district lying around Quorn.' ' ■ Brisbane, November 1. ' Owing to the drought owners of stock decline to enfer into contracts <viih the Queensland Meat Comp Hoy for monthly shipments of frozen mutton., ,;The state of the country is unprecedented, and enormous loss will be occasioned unless the dry weather breaks up immediately.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1811, 3 November 1888, Page 4
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113THE DROUGHT IN AUSTRALIA. Temuka Leader, Issue 1811, 3 November 1888, Page 4
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