DROUGHT IN HAWKE’S BAY.
STOCK BEING REMOVED. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, January 11. In 6ome parts of Wairarapa farmers are going back fifteen years in memory to recall such a long-continued absence of rain. From Masterton right down to Palliser Bay feed has become exceedingly scarce, and the outlook for autumn is not very fpremisirfg. The East Coast, with an exception or two, lias the appearance of brown paper. At Ohongo. near Akitio. cattle are reported to be dying of thirst., as the streams are all dried up. Babbits are overrunning the holdings Hawke's Bay is in the grip of a verv serious drought. Inquiries are being made on aJI bands for agistment country, and already cattle and sheep are being moved to more fortunate regions such as Makuri, where there has been rain recently and dews are falling nightly. In some parts of lower Hawke’s Bay prayers are being offered for rain Bnsh fires are raging on the Rimuta.kas between Kaitoke and the summit..
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17245, 11 January 1924, Page 1
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