AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT). Sydney, December 28. The commercial markets arc closed owing to the holidays. The schooner Loongana from the Gilbert Islands reports that since the annexation of the group by Great Britain the condition of the natives lias improved. The Europeans ou the group are clamouring for the appointment of a British resident. Mel.bouk.xe, December 2S. The area under wheat in Victoria is estimated at 1,375,000 acres, which is expected to yield 16'171,000 bushels, an average of 11.98 bushels per acre. Bush fires in the Gundower district have devastated between thirty and forty square miles of country, and destroyed a large quantity of fencing and machinery. The Oohuna creamery was also burnt to the ground, while upwards of twelve hundred sheep were roasted nlivi>.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3200, 29 December 1892, Page 2
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127AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3200, 29 December 1892, Page 2
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