THE DROUGHT IN WAIRARAPA.
'. After the .' appbiraricb! last.-Aveefe ' of cloudy. 1 skies'/'iFith. a"tew,:rain wasgenerally; believed, ..that * the'jdroughtjjin'" £ ;tho Wairarapa hid'!,'cxliaust«l''.iiself .:(vvrqfo"'.. •ortrappears to be. th'e,caSe, : howe;^^ : is now .bliziag down: upon' . inoro fiercely .than.ievorr.. Tho!tbmpMatJurQi&t', night time, is prie'\iwgUV:'..| ~t: l io"o,;will' bo..a ...frost, 'and then willi,follow . sweltering, .'iiiUEgy heat 'more , J hi than' thb plimate'of.'thb ?' In the farjriV'.districtsVthi'situatioh.iis feVen .worse, and;.:ivh'ero/there; is.littlp '\?a l tei',^ffiati- 1 • tors ."are, d^pera^.j'^On','the vE.d'st] Ooast '.the, bthor" day face 'toVface Jwith.; the supply "had * bad; , It - was thought/the" placo' wouldr have' hid '.'.tobe: vacated,-' when ono of ; the. farm!: hahd4;tra^ed,a^ste/:t f fbrJ!■ over;a,mil<i,to.a'.bush^ found' a spring of - puro'.water. ; qualitv' ' of.'tho water at the 'disp6sal-of ( mahri~farmV>rs,' and ;also. town'r'esMenUf in v some: 'of; the'-'dis- '■ ; ' • tricts •' is ' somb' anxiety l owing v to' i'the" 'mHnerous- cases-of gastrio-'fever "whiohi' liaVe ' mado/thoir ~appearp6br'v_l)aify' ! fariiiers; v arb ' viewing the situation' ' withincreased "glooih. ' .Their ' stock' of, winter -'feed"isgoing,' - or'' lias '.already( gonej -;their.'" milk_' supply", lsrfalliig''; rapidly, aud theyaro'looking l for ward'to, the, hardest .winter' experieiicbd'for-maiij yMrs^ f
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 135, 2 March 1908, Page 2
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169THE DROUGHT IN WAIRARAPA. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 135, 2 March 1908, Page 2
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