AUSTRALIAN.
MELBOURNE.
SYDNEY.
BY ELEOTKIO TBLEOBAVH— OOPXBXaHX PUB PRESS ASSOCIATION. Reoeived April 12, 1,10 a.m.
. April 11 , , The epaoe applied for at the Exbibi-, tion is 340,000 ft. The;nnmher of feet! available under oover is only 243,000 ft, and the Osmmittee have been compelled to reject all applications for space for ituportad articles. ■ ; The tunnel which it is proposed to drive' under the Yarra Rivet will cose £80,000, and it ia intended to oonneofc South Melbourne and Gteelong. Viguerons have asked the permission of the Government to replant the' vines, but the Minister ia. charge of the Department has deolined to grant the request, as phylloxera has not been thoroughly eradicated.
■■■' - ' ■"' ■■-••■'■ ■ iprillj The wheat yield this year is aligntly over twelve bushels to the note, as against an average of 14 -88 for the last ten years. . . ; April 12 The cable steamer Sherard Osborne leaves Singapore to»tuorrow for Welliogton, via Sydney, to repair the Oook Strait oable; .' .', ' .' : An underground river hag been discovered 80 milQB from. Bradwood.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 11759, 13 April 1888, Page 2
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