AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 39, 21 March 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

A USEFUL PRESENT.

THE "FERRET/ .CASE REVIVED.

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE

BY DYNAMITE.

THE REDMOND MISSION.

THE STEAMSHIP AUSTRAL.

[Per s.s. Tarawera at the Bluff.] (BY TELEGRAPH.) (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. Melbourne, March IS. Mr. E. Latham, pioprietor of the Carlton Brewery, contemplates making a present to ths Anglican Church, Victoria, of a novel as well as useful kind, consistiug of a building at Queenscliffe, known as the Sanatorium, costing, when finished, over £10,000, to be held tor the use of sick and overworked clergy. No definite management has yet been formulated, but it is expected it will be managed by a Board of clergymen, with the Bishop as head. It is expected to be open m about two months. A telegram has been received here stating that the Privy Council ho.s overruled the Judge's decision m the ca«e cf the steamer Ferret, which was taken about three yea as a£o and sold at Melbourne by a person named Henderson. The crew instituted a claim for wages, which wa3 disallowed by the Chi»f Justice* The Privy Council, however, upset the judgment, and allowed the claim. The case of M'Gregov v. the* Hoard of Land and Works, was decided yesterday. The plaintiff, who is a salesman for Messrs M'Lean Brothers and ftigg, was injured m the Hawthorn railway accident and permanently crippled. The jury awarded £3000 damages. Many other cases have been trier], but m all the cases small damages were awarded. The coming fire brigade demonstration at Sandhurst is exciting great interest. Fifty bands will ba present, and the men, who number 3000, will maroh m procession by torchlight. There will also be a display of fireworks. The city coroner held an inquest yesterday on the body ot a man unknown, who committed suicide m Flagstaff Gardens by blowing himself up with dynamite. Deceased placed a quantity of explosive on the ground, then lay down and lighted a fuse. A good deal of surprise is manifested here as to the result of the cricket match, Victoria v the Hon. lvo Bligh's team. The Englishmen seemed quite puzzled by Cooper's bowling m the first innings. Sydney, March 13. Mr Dal ton J.P., of Orange, has subscribed an address to Mr Redmond, stating amongst other things, that it Australia had been called npon to submit to a tithe of the injnstice Ireland was suffering, a bloody revolution would be the speedy result. Mr Dalton has been called on by the Government for an explanation . It is probable that when Messrs. Taylor and M'Elhone resume their places m the House, some explanation will be called for as to their conduct m putting the country to the expense of two elections. The work of cleaning the Austral is being continued. She will be dockei m the Fitzroy Dock, and the coal taken out. Captain Sladen, who takes her Home, has arrived.