AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 125, 3 May 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

THE NEW HO CXTH. WALES iiIGENSING BILL. GALES AND RAINS. WEIGHTS FOR THE QUEEN'S BIRTDAY CCJP. THE [Per s.s. Roromahan-j, at Auckland.] {united press association.) . Sydney. The Licensing Bill has been recommitted nnd altered, making the distance to constitute a bona| fide traveller 10 miles, and a. provision, which was inserted to prevent Clu^s supplying mem« bers with refreshments on Sundays, was struck put,,. . , ;.. The Executive has decided that the law shall take its course m tlje case of George Rusrs^ourne for the murder of a Chinese doctor at Arm id ale. Milbra Nott. BPntrnoed to death for the murder of her lover, y has had ; her sentence; commuted to five years 1 imprisonment. • On the 6th "February, Lord Howe Island experienced the heaviest (rale known for years. . A good deal of damage was done . : Last night a fire broke out on board a small ferry steamer lying a( Balmain. The vessel was scuttled when partially destroyed. For the Queen's Birthday Cup, Sweet William ha« been allotted. top weights with 9st, Morpeth, Bst 71b. Edward and O'Leary commenced a six days' walking match. in. .theßxbi Motion Building, Princess Park, on Monday, 30th instant. i'be Redmonds are pursuing their j course. A good deal of difficulty is j being experienced m obtaining suitable i halls and men of position to act as chairmen, Melbourne. TheShippyner' ."Association has resolved to urge on the Government the importance of extending th« Alfred Graving Dock, so as to provide accommorhtion for the largest vessels. ( Opposition is bern shown to the pron pbsal to open the Libraries and Museums on Sundays. . Mr A. T. Clark, member for Williamston, proceeds to England next week ;.on private business. Mr Service, on behalf of the Government, said the Harbour Trust might rely on tbe support of the Ministry m. their Amending^ill. ; l *■■ Brisbane. Governor Kennedy has .been banqueted. After remaining a little tim« m \t Melbourne he proceeds to England, via Suez. „ '..