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[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. * VICTORIAN WHEAT HARVEST. IMMENSE RAINFALL IN NORTHERN QUEENSLAND. . (Received February 22, 1 a.m.) Melbourne, February 21. The New Zealand Mercantile and Agency Company, Limited, report of the Victorian wheat harvest that the yield is fully up to the expectations previously formed, and estimate the surplus at .200,000 bushels. (Received February 22, 1.15 p.m.) Brisbane, February 21. A severe gale, accompanied by torrents of rain passed over Northern Queensland to-day. Disastrous floods, causing immense damage to property, occurred at Cooktown, where twentyfour (sic) iuches of rain fell within twenty-four hours, The shipping along the coast also sustained severe damage from the effects of the gale. Sydney, February 22. Sailed, yesterday afternoon, the Ringaroorna, for Auckland.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2336, 22 February 1884, Page 2
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