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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 8 September 1923, Page 11

When discussing the question of water to Nolantpwn .at the.^ Count 7 - -Council meeting to-day, the chairman •;.-said he knew of wells sunk many years -ago in that area, about 28ft deep, which : ■were still good and had never been dry. I He added that he well remembered the ,;wells being dug in the early days of \Hawera and pumps being used in the :; early- days of the fire brigade. ~. The lambing nereentage in the San-' - don district-is reported to have attained liigh ficnires.but unfortunately the per- - centage '-of deaths among ewes is likewise high. One farmer attributes the cause ti> the -amount or> mud eaten by the animals owing to. the heavy nature of the ground, which has resulted in the grass being churned into the earth. Another farmor, however, attributes it to sleeping sickness, caused through congestion of the liver, the rescult of feeding the stock -on coarse foodstuffs. A remarkable, feature is that .the ewes so affected ore almost invariably carrying two lambs.