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Sydney, December 4. The birthrate in the metropolitan area for November was the highest for ten years. The special tribunal to deal with the Newcastle coal dispute has been officially constituted, and is expected to sit on Monday. Hot weather was experienced throughout the State yesterday. At Bourke the thermometer was at 112.
Melbourne, December 4.
The House carried heavy reductions on the duties on glassware, Government being thrice defeated. The Licenses Reduction Board has ordered 24 hotels to be closed in the Metropolitan area. The Government Statist estimates the wheat yield at 12,840,000 bushels; about 8,000,000 will be absorbed locally. Perth, December 4. In an inter-tribal fight at Leonara one black was killed and two seriously injured.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 281, 5 December 1907, Page 7
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