AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 206, 6 August 1883, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

(Per sis. W"«i»tapuO Sydney, July 28. ; The ZfaUnaia made the passage from Auckland m three day* and 22 hours. The sheep were landed m good condition. They are to -be sold on the 9th August; The steamer Port Jackson ; . which arrived during p the week from Dunedin, is much admired. r HjM:§: Miranda has returned from Fiji. '' fcfie will be recommissioned upon the arrival of the tfindsor Castle with a new crew. All the officers except two proceed Home. The Nelson is daily e^?Hon. E. K. Cox, of Fernhill, well-known m facing circles, died somewhat suddenly. He had been ailinjj for some, time, >but was out on the previous day to his death. Political matters are quiet. At Illawarra the Premier made several speeches, m which he fbrsbaSowed that, m the event of the Land Bill being re* jected by Parliament, ihe country would be appealed to. • The statement, is condemned by the Press, as the present Perliament was elected specially on the JJuuLBHUAlfred Row, the Australian Blondin, has been committed for trial for causing the death ot a child »t Balmain, by le^viflf'hTf^parstuVih an unsafe condition. ... Very fine, cold weather is being ex* petieiiced. Brisbasb, July 28. TheGtovernmerit have communicated wit^ the Agent-G«neral to inform the Secretary of£tat# that • the French Government refuse to. take back their criminals. r ' The three . Treadwells, who are conf Bied . notpriouß criminals, have been iiberafea, * . ■ „ . -*** The bafqueDentschland, which went ashore on Masthead reef, has been j abandoned. _ Mblbouene, July 28. j Bosisto offered * to send' lcwt of eucalyptus oil for the treatment of, cholera patients m Egypt--Baid to be highly effective— but the P. and O. Pompany are unable to land any cargo inlSgypt. " ■_ . . je instated that the Hero, which is daOJ expected from Fiji, has passengers aboard suffering' from smallpox and choierii .Every precaution is being taken. ■ „ , A . The richest gold quartz since the early days has Ibeen exhibited at Bal* lar»t,and was obtainebl from the Perseverance Company's claim . John Gray ha& been committed lor trial for the mmder of his wife at Branxholme.