AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
C.EXKIUL I'i'KMS. (I'll" i V'.v-. Axsfri'ttii'/I. —' 'ojif/ri'jht.) (Ueceived Dec. 1. at 10.00 a.m.l Sydney, This day. In onh-r to nn-'t the growing d'-niand for tho telephones the Government is obtaining it thousand of the latest type- from Kngkml. Since the charges have been reduced twelve hundred new telephones have been installed. Mi-:i.nori:NK, This day. Arrived —Wiika.tipu. Harvesting is geueral in the wheat districts and the yield is a good deal better than was anticipated. An influential syndicate is negotiating for the purchase of extensive mining leases in the Loddon Yallev. They propose to expend about .fc2oo,oooin the developciiient of the deep alluvial leads. The assistant < iaveninient shi listician calls attention to the nnsa-isfactory state of the figures ill regard to the population. He estimates the colony lost 7,2(50 persons by emigration last quarter. Fikisbank, This Day. The bulk of the wheat is already harvested. The yield is estimated at three ipi irL-.t> of thai of last year. The grain is in good condition. ' i .'iiti;,:;i(iln>u "/ rttnlunj nt(.'(fcf .w /' 'of/till
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Hastings Standard, Issue 185, 1 December 1896, Page 3
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171AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Hastings Standard, Issue 185, 1 December 1896, Page 3
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