AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 106, 12 April 1883, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

PERILS; OF GINGER WINE.

THE SALTATION ARMY.

SALE OF RACEHORSES.

iiXJRDER OF A CHINESE -„, r DQOTOR.

[Per Kotomahana; at .the Bluff.] (BY TELEGRAPH. (UNITED PEBSS ASSOCIATION.) ' : - : • :' ; „ : MkIjBOURNB; ' 'Several members of the'' English " cricket team, whose names' : are i'-Re&d, lesl&Tjlecote/Steel, and r G. T. Sjbudd, " M fcft;sr iEnglaW per,s3;'Farr*tniatta last ] weekj. : t]ie secretary ancj 1 ; a jrotriber of r " thY Melbourne Crickei; Club tiß&ettibled ;tb say adieu* ". ' ". . ".*■"" "Arthur Robertson, storekeeper, 'at was summoned recently for sellfag spirituoas '' liquors wit/fabtit* a " iicensoi Several working men assembled /aj d&etidantfs stored partook W '* few glasse8 a of ginger wine, , and . became' so intoxicated that the" aid* of the police was required. ;Th« beverage, pu being analyse^ was found' to con win 20 per cent, of proof " spirits In anpther; ■ suriilariease ari analysis sHowed 33 per ;^cenfc, J li each- a finf of J&OO/ with a '^^uineV cWsVas inflicted. .Bbthplead'ed' v 'iknolran l be of ibe ingredients M of i the An conference of suryeybyuii been held .here this week with the'^bject of promoting the federation pt] the, profession -m tbe, colonies, and reciprocal ] recognition of certificates m »U the colonies. A^ The Police Commission has concluded . ' recoiumendiiig that tfcie force ' be placed; under ihis control of three commissio'n r em They also recommend the placing typify find: priSmotipn, of the constables ?on more of an' equal footing. ..' The Chief Commissioner of Police'has given instructions > that the .Salvation { ' 'Army shall be'ießtrict»d%ommarching through the streets to the annoyance of ; the public. Captain Shepherd .will be prosecuted for infringing the, city bylaws. Two large bazaars are now on, one m the for Sfc." Patrick's CatnedralnTand :dne m the Town Hall- for 1 Ohritjtf CtitJfcb, 'South Yaira, m both cases representing the costumes arid wares of all nations, with scenery • to correspond. Both are numeronsly patronised. £?. ; ■". : - : ;.: Sydney. ; Mr Stuar^ Cpl<fflial Secretary, has. been gazettetf^cting^Minister for Public Ws>ks>,iuntil theapppititirie.nt of Mr Copeland's successor. ; / 1 y s AArtc(hbjsjiop, Vaugban .leaves \ for Eome, per the, City of Kew York, oh the.lQt-h instant. ... . . . . . i X '"" '*fc a'ale i 4l^bf^iracehorEfi^ took; place on Monday. was sold, for 260 ' ; -;^Pa^ :i: -? ;i ;. v ;/ ; \ ;v 1 ..:;-' : : i 5 .'Tli&&ip a good- deal 6f excitenden^ iV <j»yer'tie J reßt»lt of the Steeplechase. It' 'is 'alleged that the wiuher^ Hubbub, and a horse also entered as Hopeless are one and jthe same . animal. Ihe Jockey' Cinb are holding an investigation. „ ' r - At the inquest on the body of Ah Ypung, ; tbe Chinese doctor, who was _piurdered at' Xrmidale, the jury returned a , verdict of murder against George ■Eusbbourrie. ; : i ; v v . "fiftyßseyen 'Chinese nave arrived irom Melbourne . for. transhipment to China per s.s. Bowen. Owing to the £10 capitation,, tax the agents of the v, vessel are compelled to find £570 (security ■ for their departure . from the colony. i . , r , An pppjrtunity is to be offered to the ' Australiia colonies. tpiassist the movement for a national monument to Gambettaat Cahort.., ; „:. • -y^ ' ' * The steamer Taimania, belonging" to the Walisend Coal Company, Jias. sunk m the Darling harbour > ;She is supposed 'to^ have struck a, sunken pile. ... i: • The Assembly h*B resolved that, counsel be heard at the bar of the •Hb'u^e : in sappprt of the petition of E. ' ' JSL^ Baker, wbb was expelled f f om the flbriße m connection with! the Milburn (Pteefc affair. ;, "' ;