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_ * (PEK PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Received 19, 9.51 a.m. Sydsey, October 19. The Govirnmwnt st itisfcicau estimates that tho ar. a uudor ruitivation in the colony has increas.d about 86,000 acrei a3 compared with last year; under, whea 1 ; for threshing 1,606,000 acres, an inoreasjof 180,000. The area for bay has also largely increased, Melbourne, October 19. The Ageat-General has cabled that a contract has been let by the British war authorities in India to supply 2000 tons of Victorian firewood for China. Peiitii, October 19. The Assembly adopted a resolution in favour of payment of members including the present Parliament; Received 20, 1.16 am. Sydney, October 19. Arrived: Spithesid, from Colombo, Af'or docking sho prooeods to New Zealnd. The coal owners of Newcastle aro oharging 10s per ton for co 1 supplied outside their contracts, while contracts b?ginning in the New Year aro being signed on the basis of lis, ■ The Premiers having agreed on a I Peace Celebration D.iy ara now making [repri'smtitionstotho Impo'i'.i uutlioiitics with a view to fixing a d.iy for Ui3 Empire.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 203, 20 October 1900, Page 3
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177AUSTRALIAN ITEMS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 203, 20 October 1900, Page 3
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