A Terrible Drought.
To give some idea^ of^the effe^^of the drought m the" di'y Vpountty of New South Wales, tie ' Centrdl AusJra&wistatesjthat "one highlyjreliable , traveller ju^t arrived by coach ::! m ri * Bourke strolled down,' to^ithe Bogau while the horses were being changed, and saw 400 deadcatfle'ihdne waterhole and 259 m another, all within . the space of a quarter .of a mile, while m the distance could be seen m other holes the carcases of any 'dumber of others. Travelling along jEho main high road, one sees only the f<Sw beasts that have fallen by the way, but on arriving at the «vaterholes^ the de»d bodies of those tbat. .have lied to them m the vain hope of getting a last drinfc? are i^be" at'eTrin'myria'dsts^-d^ one station alone Ihey can only ,mus« ; ter 270; head' of cattle, wjiere _* few short mbnths ago thejr'nad YOOfO or jl o,ooo. Of the she.ep,we fear to speak, as over large spaces their loss is to be counted by tens of lhousandsj"and ehd of the arought\sftenis Wfit/otfaa^ ever."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 220, 13 August 1884, Page 2
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172A Terrible Drought. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 220, 13 August 1884, Page 2
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