THE DROUGHT.
(liY KLKCTIUC TKI.UCRAI'H.— COI'YHHiIIT). SYDNEY', November 20. .At luverell clialF is selling at £8, and wheat at ss. The crops about Oberon, Bathurst District,are dying oil". in the vicinity of VV incisor, on the llawkesbury Rhvr, all farming operations are suspended, and the country is in a deplorable condition. The price of grain is rapidly rising. Biiishanu, November 20. Tho dire effects of tho drought are being severely felt in all parts of the country. November 21. II is expected that the crops in the Albany district will only givo one-third of the average yiold. A large proportion of growing wheat has been out for liay, which is commanding unusually high prices.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2554, 22 November 1888, Page 2
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114THE DROUGHT. Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2554, 22 November 1888, Page 2
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