["Mardie", The Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA), Saturday 31 October 1914, page 6]
MARDIE
Mr. H. A. Green, manager of Mardie station, writes us under date October 14:--We are having an exceptionally dry season here, and the country is very much in need of good rains, but as Mardie has been noted for its carrying capacity in dry times, there has been no loss of stock thus far. A Wolseley sheep shearing plant with eight stands was erected this year, and the shearing passed off very satisfactorily indeed, the engine going without a hitch, and the men putting up good tallies. The highest tally was by Johnston, with 238 sheep in eight hours. Twenty-four thousand five hundred sheep passed over the board for 360 bales of wool, which are being shipped to London for sale.
This station was purchased just twelve months ago by the present owner, and during that time over 13,000 lambs have been tailed from 10,000 ewes. Two thousand of these ewes will be for sale after rain, also 1500 wethers. The horses feel the drought most, otherwise we could dispose of a goodly number suitable for remounts and artillery, now so needed for the war. There has only been one inch of winter rain, falling in July. This started the grass shooting, but it soon disappeared before the hungry stock.
