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(Received February 8, 11 a,m.) AdeiiAide, Februrry 8. Tho S.A Register estimates the lato harvest yield at 7,568,000 bushels, or an average of four bushels of 521bs to the acre. Allowing for food and seed requirements of the current year, there will be loft a surplus for export of about 116,000 tons as compared with lost year's output. The late harvest is described as most disappointing, Tho population of tho colony on December 31st, was estimated at 345,888.
Hobaiit, February 8. The Mining Conference has adopted a resolution in favour of a minimum wage, being legalised. The rates proposed aro 7s for surface and 8s for underground work per day. Tho Conference also recommends that holders of miners' rights shall be granted tho franchise, Mr Wragge, of Brisbane, predicts a repetition of tho gales, and warns the shipping.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4946, 8 February 1895, Page 2
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141LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4946, 8 February 1895, Page 2
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