LONG DRY SPELL

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24785, 7 January 1944, Page 2

LONG DRY SPELL

EFFECTS IN PBOTTNCEj

dairy output falling : Althoagb* the production of milk in the Auckland district has decreased m- I siderab'j daring the dry sptll, cnj J tsudors stated yesterday that tn*re J no immediate need for concern regard-) inc public distribution. The position was j not vet approaching the desperate stage j and * in the erect of condition', seccm- j Ing more serious, _ arrangements too j been made for auxiliary supP'f* s ; I drawn upon. One vendor saw tsere »ao j jjp.es a drop of'■ thousands 01 gallons j a day in the production of im:fe for | town supply, bnt oe had not ,*- forced to call on alternative sappaes. j "Xo rain bas fallen in Auckland since j December 19 and the etiect a« bee« ) felt in 'dairy returns in Gi»trj.Cv. and in orchards, commercial ana «soib&»~ r-ir gardens, and far®?. With one dry day following another, have; become parched and toe neios, ro«a& Auckland show acres « on**. dry farming ecwnmanHj •m* ----- the unusually d.ry sped is t»« isayxr.Bk.ing has proceeded i«l,i pr<itatcu* no interrupt son , iforth Auckland Pasta res The pastures in North Auckland nart dried «o considerably. out zne isrroers position has riot become desperate, it has reached the stage -where ram must fail shortly if production is_ie_oe maintained. Around Whangara *as a go od deal of pasture growth eaKr jn ! December. but roost ox tae 2-e.as are

bow vorv orowu. ] Since " earlv December, when dairy J production at_ its _ peak, mere aas } been a steady decline m the apioant oi j oai'-v produce handled in Whangar&t . hut "at Kaikohe snppie? have not heep | .adversely aifeeted.. the pasfures, wgjcji ■ are msmlv paspalum. have stood up j -tc!L The* dairy season there started] hsdlv and about three rrionths ago pro-; auction was about 13 per cent behind | the? {nr the same time in tne prersoys j season. It has' progressed steadily | throncb the dry spell and is new only | about"! per cent behind the previous ; season. • Position is the Waikato But ter-fat prod•;ction _in _ the Wai-; ha to. which was well ma is tamed up to ; :ne end of December, is now racing, rapidly. The 78.857 cows tested by the Auckland Herd Improvement A.ssocia- ■ tion in December yielded an average ot ; ,'i5.»33b. of baiter-fat. as against i>;>.oih. i hr. 77,552 cows handled by the a.sso-j elation in December. 1945. I. nsess ram ? fads soon to rej'ivenate the gra.s= the« jactation period of the dairy is> hkelv to come to a.n early and prema- ■ .-tiire . \

The Rangataiki Plains have fared comparatively well t&rongn ifie not. flijweather, mainly owing to the network of drains which' ran through them, and the paspaium pastures have remained green. The higher eountrv in that district, s-K-h as Galatea and Manawahe. has parched fields which are causing the settlers considerable concern. Galatea has a ha.se of pumice, and. uniess

: hi s serious plight. Dairy production ■: in the district round hskatane has area, particularly round Katiksti, theINJURIES PROVE FATAL NURSE IN MOTOR ACCIDENT FRIEND'S CONDITION SERIOUS _ A nurse who was injured es Wednes-

Hiss Aleid& Johanna Barbara Bonnie Smit, aged 22. of I. Seacontbe Avenue, Point 'Chevalier.

Miss Srnit and another nurse. Miss Ann Maud Aplin,, aged 24, of Charles Street.. .Xspier, were throws on to the stone beach 15 feet below the level of the footpath.. The condition of Miss Aplin, -who suffered concussion and facial Injuries and was also admitted to the Auckland Hospital, was still, serious last night.

An inquest into the death -of Miss Smit was opened- before the coroner. Mr. F. K. Hunt', yesterday, and adioarced.

CAR AND LORRY COLLIDE

j FARMER AND WIFE INJURED i (0.C.) WAMGAXI7I, Thursday A farmer, Mr. .James Craig, ot i War.gaehti, and his wife, -were injured when their -car collided with a lorry ! owned by the Fordeli Timber and Case {Company, Limited, on the msm road | near* the Wasgaehu railway crossing. 3 They were the only occupants of the 1 car. Mr. Craig suffered a dislocated hip j and his wife a fractured left arm. They j wer® taken to hospital in Wanganui. J The car. which was wrecked on the } driver's side, was travelling in the ; direction of Wangaehu, The force of j the impact caused the lorry, which was i travelling empty toward Wanganui. to | slew round and go over & bank, dropl ping about sft. The driver was un- - injured, but the truck was damaged.

YOUNG BOY DROWNED

SWIMMING IN THE WAIKATO A drowning accident occurred at ! Huntly yesterday, the victim being : William Deskis, ssed nine, sen of Mr. and .Mrs. A. Deakin, of Hskanoa Street, Humiy. . in the W'alkato'p.iver"-hep I He disappeared shortly afterward. Tne ■-' uy aas not c-e-c u recceeereo ana a A courageous attempt at rescue was ! made bv three members of the Women's ■ Armv Auxiliary Corns. Miss P. Gorrie. ■ oi Henroera, who wss oroeeedmg to ' Hand-ton b«- *wn wmet* : lu'rVntormi'd" Misf Gorm V'nt » b^ ; vu-.s drowning. Racing to the river, Miss success fuL ACCIDENT TO WA.TERSIDER ; A waterside worker." Mr. Joseph wVdneSat 'rhih- ' worjan^^\ .shift at Prince's" Wharf. Heyoss'riiring: i. railway track -coiiiiiis 325 'bis direction' !cs 11 fint s mmd winch crossed |:ak«n^to"*Th# J 'Aaeklani 'Hospital His j proving. GIRL'S FALL ON ROCKS ; fered Vy' la V S2 ; Shelly Beach Road, when she fell on : some rooks while plaviug on a neishI bonris property She'was admitted' to ; I the Auckland "Hospital last- -evening and ' i her condition is not serious. HORSE BREAKS BOY'S LEG i \\hen lie eui by a liorsem »a three-year-old boy., James Jamtesors. "'of:_Hunna Road, Papakura, had his right lee broken. He was taken to the Anckland Hospital. His condition last