AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 167, 20 June 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

i (ONITBD PRESS. ASSOCIATION) r : ' Mblbournb, June 11. The Redmond brothers are lecturing: m; ; Melbour^ie.; ' > The atten4||^ is meagre, andlthere is no exciterilenti Mr Twopenny lias refused the general secretaryship of-the Adel&id *"lnternational Exhibition, 188$, bythe Sduth ik.ußtraliao ■ Govern inejit, ..on. Account of prior' engagements m New Zealandsr" — * - — The arrangements by the Australia--Bian Electric Lighting Company to •liffht -the Legislative Assembly Cham-' b^r are now completed, ready for the next meeting of Parliament. The Presbyterian Conference is 'sittinsr, but.'no l bupinesß 6f ' gre^ft interest has transpired. . ; Tender^ haVe beeri called for the new Princes'" bridges, but on"iopening them itwas^ound they- were ces of the engineer's and none yrill be accepted at present. TheL6nj»Utidß iron •foundry, Yarra Bend, Melbonrne, has just completed an extensive ordojfor mining machinery value £13,000 for India, and prospects, of further tr'aSie are' visible.^ ; '''■> 'y^ ■ ; The Twelfth anniversary ;> of the Yo<ißg t Men'a Christian Association wwa r celebrated last week. The Society now numbers over a thousand membeia. Gises for compensation on account of the Hawthorn railway accideut are be-, ing heard daily. It 'S expected the total cost of theiacci^ent.wjU be unprecedontedly heavy./ .J \jeJ fiXil i Sir William Clarke has promised iso#oitpwarjlß ; the -cost^ of th^hplaj^a/ buildines, Trinity College. Mr Joseph Clarke has given £6000, wjiichy .withr £1500 from other sources", ' will • cally coyer the mest of its completion. Mr Gpurge | Q^pin t hasj started ; a movenijßhttosbive the' religious educa- ' jtipn jdiffiqiflty, bj jgiying v^eUgipuß: instructions " w> cHildren "after "schoor hours, and the movement is likely to be successful, the example being followed m other place? . ~ v"'v "' f i J •< ! Y / >N^t»i'l ri S n ' B l J••' j The* Trustees oif the Art Gallery are m communication with the Minister'of" with^referencft to a ? Bite 'ifor the new gallery. . A telegram received from WdnnanWn 1 Queensland, states that Mr Hunger^ ford, whose exploring / companion,^ Alfred Clarke, war'de^erted' by him, and suJbseqaently^kiUed^an^ eaten: 'black's/ arrived 5 wasi received "oy^n'e^townipeople' wi'tlT of disapprobation!,'. ; \ ' j • ' >\\ \ '■./■ Geo. Ernest fWCorrisbn/ who Recentlywalked from. the Gull of Carpentaria .to Melbourne, .HaJ lef^ for Obok£own- with the view of proceeeding to New Guinea M explore the country . '• He has determined to have no[ European companion} perferring to organise a par,ty_,of natives. The expenses of the^expedi- I tjon f are t borne i ,by the Melbourne 'AVel ] "^tlkpiiktfi ''Kennedy/ of 'ttie .' steamer j Wsktoli). that fie 'feay'j- .the re : j flaciioii' ot'ih'e new electric m light^ a6 Masquairie/'Heads, a distance ot f c 6>9 mifeiataea. „..,, n .. ■ < ' The Niptr „S outh /Wales; Cricketing. Association cannot" see its way to send ' a t^m' ; ta ri j^ew^ ,'and the 'm'atterfiS' :in 'abwy «nee ifi present.