BRITISH WHEAT CROPS.
AN ESTIMATE. Received August 11, 10.10 a.m. LONDON, August 10. "The Times" estimates the condi- i tion of the British wheat crop at | 1)6.66, as compared with an average I for ten years of 82.50. ; THE NIMROD, j * CRUIdE IN SOUTHERN WATERS. I IMAGINARY ISLANDS. Received August 11, 8.25 a.m. LONDON, August 10.
News has been received that Captain Davis, of the Antarctic exploring ship Nimrod, is satisfied from a visit and soundings made by him at each charted position of the nonexistence of Emerald, Nimrod and Dougherty Islands. He found a solitary inhabitant at Macquarie Island, named M'Kibbon, collecting seal and penguin oil for his former party's next visit. M'Kibbon's only companions were two dogs. Captain Davis is now homeward bound from Monte Video. *
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9566, 12 August 1909, Page 5
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128BRITISH WHEAT CROPS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9566, 12 August 1909, Page 5
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