THE COMMONWEALTH.
.♦ ■ ■ (By- Cable.—Press Association.—-Capyright.) THE N.S.W. WHEAT CROP. SYDNEY, December 24. The wheat crop is estimated at 18,048,000 bushels, an average of 8.74 bushels per acre. - IA NEWSPAPER HOLIDAY. SYDNEY, December 24. The "Sydney Morning Herald" and the ."Daily Telegraph" are not publishing on" Boxing Day. WHEAT FOR NORWAY. MELBOURNE, December 24. Negotiations are proceeding for the sale to Norway of 50.000 tons of wheat at 5s Sd per bushel f.o.b. PERTH TRAMWAY STRIKE. PERTH, December 24. Owing to a strike all the tramways are idle. A MISSINffCOLLIER. (Received December 25tli, 10.15 p.m.) SYDNEY, December 25. The collier Undola, with a crow of ten, has been missing sinpe Friday. A lifeboat and wreckage have been picked : up, but there is no sign of survivors. 'It is believed that the Undola founuered in the recent gale. CHRISTMAS IN SYDNEY. The city is crowded with visitors, and tho shops were packed. The remarkable prosperity js evident in the volume of money spent. Prices of foodstuffs soared to record heights. WELCOME RAIN. SYDNEY, December 25. j Heavy rain has broken the drought in j the Riverina district.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16404, 26 December 1918, Page 8
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