AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 91, 24 March 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

PRECHUS LEGISLATORS. THE IMMIGRATION QUESTION. LAYCOCK v. RUSH. VISIT OP ENGLISH CRICKETERS TO NEW ZEALAND. NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF BALLARAT. ALLEGED MUK'iKR ON BOA.RD BHIP. [Per B.s. Te Anau at Auckland.] (BY TKLKGRAPn. ) (ONITKD PIIKSS ASSOOIA'Cro«.) Hy o n ky. MfsstH T.iyloi' nnd M'Klhone have iiirain tnk*»n thinr seats m the Assembly. Iho former was calle ' t-> account by t,he Premier for his statement made afc Miulgpo that ho had seen 35 members of the House d.'imk. He «xplained t.hftt th» rtatomr>nh was untrue, and only an electioneering dodge. After <lißousßion,tbiß " tbin " explanation was accepted. Considerable progress has been made m the Estimates. The immigration vot ' gnvo rino to a good deal of dißonpsion, and an amendm'-nt to reduce the amount by one-half was negatived by a I«rg9 majority. The s.B. Austral, after beiner taken to ■Rushcnttnrs Bay, was removed to her old moorings m Neutral Bay, previous to being docked. This will probably occupy a fortnight, when she will be laid on the berth for London. A large number of men have been employed on the vessel since she was raised Under the new Licensing Bill, licensed premises may be open from halkpast 5 m the morning- until halfpast 11 at night, and it provides for the sale of liquor on Sundays for one hour, not to be consumed on the premises. On Sunday morning, the llthinsr., although the sea was exceedingly calm, there suddenly set m a series of rollers from the eastward, so heavy that the spray broke over the yap near the Heads, just as m the case of a severe storm. The sculling match at Graf ton was not a great race. Laycock beat Rush by about four lengths m the outrigger race. Trick ett was hopelessly biaten. The Minister of T^nrks informed a deputation from the Lithgow ironworks that he had accepted tenders m Enpland lor 75,000 tons of steel rails at £6 per [ ton, de'iverv m Sydney, and it would ! be sheer folly for him to give an order I to the Lithgow Company for iron rails at £9 per ton. An intercolonial eight-oar boat race and an intercolonial bowling tournament will shortly take place. A new alluvial rush has taken place to Billy's Look-out, about 25 miles from Barneedman. MELBOURNE. The work of rabbit destruction is being carried out energetically by the local bodies. The National Agricul- ! tural v O"iety has received replies from the chief inspector of stock m all colonies except New Zealand apDroving a conference to consider the advisability of assimilating quarantine regulations. A valedictory dinner was given to the members of the English Eleven, and several pleasant speeches were made. Messrs. Tylecote and C. T. Studd visited New Z aland, en route for England. The Rchooner Kmma Augusta has ar» rived, after a most disastrous voyag<-, experienced off Keni's Group, The mainmast whs carried away, and with great difficulty the crew w>jre abl« to get at the pumps and keep the vessel afloat. Dean Moore has been selected by th» Bishop to succeed the late Bishop O'Connor, as Roman Catholic Bishop of Ballarat. Brisbane. Arrangements have been made to light the Government Printing Office with Edison's incandescent lamps. H.M.S. Miranda has returned from Fiji with witnesses m the case of Georje Lewis charged with the murder of Henry Shaw, mate of the Jabberwock, m Ha van nah harbour. Lewis was tried m the High Commissioner's Court, and sentenced to death.