AUSTRALIAN NEWS
THE PRICE OF BEER. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Adelaide, May 11. Unionists at Port Pirie have declared a beer strike as the result of the publicans raising prices. A DOCTC STRIKE. Melbourne, May 11. Over a hundred dock laborers struck owing to the refusal of a demand for an increase of wages from Is Id to la 5d per hour. DROUGHT IN VICTORIA. Melbourne, May 11. The condition of the interior, owing to the prolonged dry weather, is becoming serious. THE WHEAT HARVEST. Melbourne, May 11. The, Federal statistician estimates the wheat yield from the recent harvest at 72,069.899 bushels an average of 9.74 bushels per acre, against 95,119,883 bushels and 12.9 bushels per acre last year.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 271, 13 May 1912, Page 2
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118AUSTRALIAN NEWS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 271, 13 May 1912, Page 2
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