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Show AUSTRALIA EXPERIENCES UNUSUAL PROSPERITY Special Cable to The Trlbuue. SYDNEY", March 12. The dawn of a prosperity greater than any that Australia Aus-tralia has yet experienced marked the year 19C9. The commonwealth achieved a world's record in rearing for tho first time 100.000.000 sheep, tho wool clip from which was tho heaviest ever produced In a season in any country- The growth of the wheat crop was a pleasing sign of increased agricultural activity. Tho total yield was more than 100.000.000 bushels, thus showing that new areas of undeveloped but fertile country have been brought under cultivation. In other directions also the year 1000 was the most prosperous the commonwealth has known. Almost every Industry, rural aud urban, made striking headway. The activity displayed in the cities may be gathered from the examplos of Sydney, where the money iald out on new buildings build-ings during the year amounted to ;..000.000. To crown this highly satisfactory satis-factory season the eastern states have just experienced the best midsummer rains of recent years. Altogether, the prospocts for both capital and labor arc very rosy. |