FEMALE PRISONER'S DEATH

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 70, 19 September 1914, Page 8

FEMALE PRISONER'S DEATH

>_ I A woman named Jessie Hay, who had been sentenced to one morilh's imprisonment, became ill in the Terrace Gaol this morning and was removed to the Hospital. She had just been admitted to that institution when she collapsed and died. ■ , A DRY SPRING DAIRYMEN GETTING ANXIOUS. W.hile the present fine weather is much appreciated in the towns, from the point of view " of ' tho fanner the Con* tinued lack of rainfall is beginning to bo serious (says the Auckland Star). So far no great damage lias occurred, and a- couple of days' • steady downpour would, after such a dry spell, make the growth come along splendidly. Dairymen are now becoming anxious, as the want of rain is retarding, to a certain- ex* tent, the spring growth of pasture. In spite of the warm sunny days, the nights are frequently chilly, and thero has been an almost entire absence of light, warm, genial showers, which are so helpful to the growing crops. In the Waikato district, whei'e the soil is of a Kght nature, the want of rain has already had a bad effect, but in other districts the spring growth of pasture has so far been excellent. It is feared the potato crop will be light unless copious rains fall shortly, but on the other hand the dry weather has prevented any development of blight this season. The oat crop could do with some rain, but has not yet been injured to any extent. Owing to the warm, dry weather the lambing season has been one of the best for very many years, and at a time like the present, good supplies of meat are of great importance, as the demand is likely to be strong for the army on the Continent.