AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 173, 27 June 1883, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

[united pbessassociaticn.] I -.... - Melbourne, June- 20, , Two accidents pccurred at Wyndham Races on Saturday, onfl beings fatal. . A jockey named .Eose, .while "Iriding 'Sunshine m the steeplechase was thrjown opposite .the stand j; the honse fell on its htad', turning a. complete somersault,, falling on Rose and. killing ,him \ m- r stantaneously. The other accidenti.bappened to a jockey namfd. Barlow, who rode Rocket m the same race. The iiorsefellatftha fence, throwiog Barlow heavily, who broke his collar bone. ; . •;:.. ""■ ;;:'": '■ \ - •: '- '.' > T Q • .•' Sydney. e Mr Archibald Forbes; "wKb has been lectnring to larere audiences m Queensland, has returned to Sydney, and leaves for America in^July. 0 -!; , ;'''',._..„ J '- The. navvies on !the Maitland^road hare fttruck, as the inastere i refuse to increase the wages to lls per diem. Some bona-fide Melbourne^ mining icSJpitalifttß_lia!to--jutfi— e«tarn«3-te^ :^ort J Darwin from the reefing districts, 'being favorably impressed with the prospects of the mine; and hating invested heavily. .>'»-'- •■; i :-: '■■''*; y* 1 ; I :^.] a Great regret has ' been ' bccasi onedj by the death of Sir Arthur Kennedy, late of } Queensland. Tokens ! of hare been displayed m all. the'Churcheg df Brisbane. 1 . r ~ '•'■'■'■•'■"■ . ■■ ; • '-'■ "Rw Mr Napier Brbome V ' Bte- was swpm m at 1 the Town. Hall by Justice Stone, m ithe presence ofa large concourse! bfjaeoplei' ' A public banquet-was given m his-hbnor ,by the inbabitaats of Freeman tie. His Excellency, replying to the toast of ihis J health, exprensea a favorable opinion of 1 / aind^said its 'Want was population. He • promised to |b 6 -;: op_erat§/with the Legislature m furtherance of public works for the. colony, j ... ,i^.i L. f\'-j i : ' i -- - ; - ••- AHoBAEaj. The wreck of the Asterope has entirely disappeared 'ttirougn the heavy weather. Theaalyage recovered, is inconsiderable.