COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 92, 13 December 1912, Page 6

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

VALUABLE CITY FRONTAGE

(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) t (Received 13, 8.0 a.m.) Melbourne, December 13. , A property in Swanston Street, opposite St. Paul’s Cathedral, was sold at auction for £23,500, which is over £1275 per foot, and a record lor Swanston Street. the broken spell. Sydney, December 12. A lengthy hot spell has been broken by soaking rain in the coastal districts. , Tne fall was hgnt inland,, but the benefit will be immense Ihuc was a heavy snowfall at Iviandra. PAPUA’S DEVELOPMENT. Melbourne, December 12. In his annual report the Lieut--Govcrnor says tiiat | ■|l K ! 1,l . te j l( re _ steady progress. Iho temtoua venue increased £SOOO, trade . > and imports £3OOO, but the expoits decreased £IB,OOO. The area und« ag ..•.cultural settlement is ..4,000 acres, ” n S with 10,000 acres the previous year The gold output is Irelow that of 1911. Ho speaks hopefully of, the- future tor agncultma and nvnenil development.