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spect of a green vineyard, framed in a setting of 

 dark bush-clad hills. The vineyard, with its long 

 orderly lines of vines, each plant standarded and 

 tied to its own stake, is in marked contrast to the 

 general air of untidiness that prevails in the ordin- 

 ary bush settlement. Its immediate effects are 

 the surprising quality and cheapness of table 

 grapes in the cities, and a growing disposition 

 among Australians to substitute wine of local 

 growth for beer and spirits, and so to conform 

 further to the climatic conditions in which they 

 live. 



licenses for the sale of Australian wine are not 

 costly, and the wineshop has long been a feature 

 of the city streets. Unfortunately for the home 

 reputation of the Australian wines, the manage- 

 ment of these establishments has too often been 

 faulty, and the method of conducting business, as 

 well as the quality of the wine sold, has been a 

 cause of reproach. In this respect, amendment 

 has recently taken place, and it is now possible 

 to obtain a glass of good Australian wine at a 

 very moderate price, and to drink it amid sur- 

 roundings holding nothing to offend the most 

 fastidious taste. Some of the heavier Australian 

 wines have also found their way into Kngland, 

 where a yearly increasing demand is found for 

 them. The industry is better suited to the Aus- 

 tralian climate, perhaps, than the growth of some 

 cereals, and is attracting a very intelligent class 

 of men, who receive the assistance of Government 



