AUSTRALIAN NEWS
HOLIDAY MAILS. Sydney, December 23. The mail matter handled by the General l'ost Office was .30 per cent, greater than laot year. A quarter of a million postcards were handled on Sunday night.
PROSPERITY. Sydney, December 2S. * The Savings JJack returns reflect the prosperity of the times. Deposits and debitors' balances sliow large increases. However, an unsatisfactory feature of the banking business is the Urge amount of money uninvested. PETROL POWER. Mellmurne, December 28. A petrol-driven ferry boat, the Hotor Gem, made a voyage from Sydney, averaging ten knots. STRIKERS REINSTATED. Melbourne, December 28. The Government has decided to reinstate thirty-live strikers who were dismissed as the result of the great railway strike. A CONFESSION. Sydney, December 28. Marley. s,hot by Browne, made a written confession of complicity ill an attempt to rob the mine. He alleges he was drawn into the affair by McGee.
WESTRALLVS WHEAT YIELD, Perth, December 28. The estimate of the wheat yield is 2,300,000 bushels, or ail average of 10.6.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81912, 29 December 1906, Page 3
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