Australian Cables.

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1163, 6 December 1904, Page 3

Australian Cables.

{•' Press Association.—Copyright, ' The Homebush SalesSydney, this day. At tho Homeshtish sales crossbreds of better classes woro slightly dearer. ■Wethers brought from 17s to 17s 8d; ewes, 16s to 17s Cd. Cattle were in heavy' supply, Best bullocks brought from d-810s to £9l2s; good, 18 j best cows, £6los to £l l6s; good, £'6; beof,2os6d, Rain Wanted. Sidney, this day. Tho protracted hot weather and absence of rain aro injuriously affecting the cereal and fruit crops, Wheat in some of the distriots has caught the critical period, and is provonted from filling. Railway Statiou Burned Frkmantle, December 5 The railway station at Bunbury has been burned, Tho damage is £SOOO. A Belated Arrival Sidney, this day. Tho French mail steamer has arrived. Sho is the first for several months, owing to tho great strike at Marseilles. . Sydney Wool Sales- , Sydney, this day. At the wool sales tboro was a wellsustained demand, with a tendoncy to improvement. Medium and good sorts of greasy woro sold up to Mil. Shipping Brisbane, this day. Arrived: Mtowora, from Vancouver, The Allege! Loose Firing Melboubne, this day. A Board has beon appointed to enquire into tho alleged firing at Wodooga by the forts.