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Fifty Years Ago
(From "Nepean Times,"
July 26, 1902)
DROUGHT AT CASTLEREAGH
Writes our Castlereagh' corres
pondent: I have been lost for
some time in the backblocks.
However, finding my way back
to Castlereagh I feel that this
is still one of the most severely
drought-stricken parts of the
State. On taking a drive across
the Common the other day, I
saw no less than 14 dead beasts,
most of them being out of Mr.
A. Parker's herd. That gentle
man, we believe, will lose a few
hundred pounds this winter.
Tilling the soil in this part of
the State has completely lost its
fame. Farming is at a stand
still. We are indeed looking for
rain, and every cloud that shows
above the mountains mostly
changes to wind. One farmer
was telling me a day or two ago
that he wore out no less than
three new ploughshares in one
day.
DEATH OF MBS. G. HOWELL
»Mrs. Howell, wife of Mr.
George Howell, mother of Mr.
,W.; Howell (one of the Austra
lian cricketers abroad) and of
our own local champion (Mr.
Athol Howell), died at her resi
dence at Castlereagh on Thurs
day night about 11 o'clock.
About a forthight ago she was
apparently in fairly good health
and spirits and took great in
terest in her .new home and the
settlement of her grown-up
family, who consisted of Messrs.
W. and A. Howell, Mrs. W.
Childs, and two other daughters.
The late Mrs. Howell was about
CO years of age and was the
daughter of the late Mr. William
Oolless, an old Oastlereagh pio
neer and native.