AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 160, 12 June 1883, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

(tjnited tress association.; Melbourne. A shocking acident happened last night on the railway near Lougwood stations, on the Forth-Eastern line The afternoon train from Melbourne had got within half-a-mile of Longwood when the "engine-driver. Bowman, felt a sadden shock. On looking out he saw the wheel of a cart m front of the locomotive. Bowman pulled up the train, when he found hanging on one ol the buffers of the engine a bag containing bottles of ale and spirit?, and looking down between the wheels he discovered the mutilated remains oi ahorse, which were entangled with the machinery. The train had to be divided m order to remove the obstruction. In the the meanwhile the guard went back along the line, and discovered on the track the mangled corpse of a man who has not yet been identified. A number of bags of horse teed were strewn near the spot. It is not known bow tbe man got into the railway reserve, as there is no crossing near the place where the accident occurred, but is supposed that he entered by a eate near the Longwood station, and then proceeded along the line. The night being very dark, it was impossible for the driver to see more than a few feet ahead ot the engine. The will of tbe late Sir John O'Shanassy has beeD proved* Tbe value of the testator's real estate m Victoria was £15,000, and his personal property .£19,323. Tbe total value of the estate is estimated at £300,000. i Mrs Bland Holt (nee Miss Lena | Edwin) died from apoplexy. Religious instruction is being: given m the Central State Schools, the children being instructed after the usual school hours. A number of disasters to shipping occurred m the Bay last night, owing to strong northerly gale which blew all night, A Supreme Court action has be«D brought by Mr Harry Saville, the actor, and his wife, Racheal Ssville to recover £1000 damages from Dr. W. Gilbee, for alleged assault and malpractice upon the female plaintiff. Mr Nicholas Fitzgerald has been appointed leader of the Catholic party, m the place of Sit J. O'Shanassy, deceased. The Mayor's dinner at Sandhurst, last night, was attended by 500 persons. Wine, beer, and spirits were absent from the tables, the Mayor (Mr C. Harkness) being a teetotaller. A working men's Lord's Day Rest Association has been formed m opposition to the movement for opening the Public Library and Art Gallery on Sunday*. 'i he strike among the confectioners continues and about 200 men are out. At a meeting of the employers it was I decided to give the men .eight hours if

they Would take less wages, but the men declined to accept these terms. A DKLAIDB. A serious charge has been made by a seaman n^mod Matthew Meon' j y, ih specting the bad treatment which It received during hi* short stay m tin Adelaide Asylum, where he whs con fined for religious mania, arising from the influence of the Salvation Army on his mind. Mooney accuses certain warders, whom hs names, of jumping bodily on him, nnd treated him m ( i disgusting manner. His person is covered with bruises and scars. He asserted that the w»rders repeatedly ] made the patients fight lor thb amusement of the officials. The Bey, George Alfred Palmer has been committed for trial tor indecency. He was drunk at tLe time when he committed the offence. Brisbane. Thomas E. Brown was chared with the murder of Patrick Murphy, and found guilty of manslaughter. He was sen enced to penal servitude for life. The prisoner is believed to be ha fwitted. A negro, named Tom Nicolls, shot, an aboriginal dead, at Townsvill'-. Nicolls has given himself up to the police.