Australian
Sydney, December 17,
- Thooflieial reports state that the prospect's of the back country are gloomy. The Wilcanna district is suffering severely from the drought, and it is, described as practically a tort. Chains selling at £25 per top, |n s'ijnie digtripts'the crops wore damaged by Sunday's storm. ~ - The cable steamer Recorder started froni'Javtt on 15th December for the purpose of taking soundings along the the line of the proposed cable to Western Australia, ■... . ■.• ■: ";" §te|'B are being tfl'kon 'to secure the Exhibition orchestra as a permanent institution .at an annual cost of £15,000., , ;,.'.• ' • "■•■.•'": Hobajit, December 19. The first stage of the Grand Champion i Jjiflfi Match was won by Reid ol TasI mania, wit|| f§cp|'epj63.'. M'Cartliy ofDunedin, tufiies ft'prlia. wltjj 6Q. Tbq sfcond'stagewitswon byXawabn, of Victoria, with ijp, M'oartliy v again taking a'prizo with 56, : ' Adelaide, December 19. Heavy I'gjns have fallen along the line of tho Broken rjill railway, which will be of immense benefit to the pnstoral industry. ,';_ ,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3085, 20 December 1888, Page 2
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