AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
SCHOONER FOR NEW ZEALAND. By Telegraph—Pres.« Absq —-Copyright. Sydney, Sept. 20. The five-masked schooner H. K. Hall has been sold to New Zealand buyers, subject to inspection. WHEAT AND WOOL YIELDS. Sydney, Sept. 20. Mr. Chaffey, Minister of Agriculture, states that it is estimated the wheat yield for the coming season will be 50 million bjshele and the value £l2 millions. The wool clip will probably be worth £22 millions. STRIKE AT GASWORKS. (Sydney, Sept. 20. A strike at the gasworks at Jjithgow is threatening to put residents and the industries to great inconvenience. As the result of a dispute over wages the men ceased work yesterday and the supply is running low. DISCONTENT AT DOCKYARD. Melbourne, Sept. 20. A strike has occurred among the men employed in the Williamstown dockyard over wages. The union claims that between forty and fifty men are affected. The Harbour Trust Commissioners state that only eleven lab-, ourers have struck.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 September 1924, Page 7
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