AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 231, 1 September 1883, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

THE CHINESE CORPSES. ' A HORRIBLE CARGO. SAD TALES OF THE SEA. JOE SMITH THE INFORMER.AN EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE. THE BUSHRANGER POWER. PERILS OF THE SEA. MURDER IN A HOUSE OF ILLFAME. [Per s.B. Wakatipu.J (By T_l__baf_:.) f UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION^ Sydney, August 25. "With regard to the 286 bodies of Chinese which the steamer HoihoW brought; to this port last week from New Zealand ports, the health authorities have refused to allow that vessel to take them with her to Newcastle, wh-re she was to load a cargo of coal and proceed thence to China. The Haihow left for Newcastle last night, but the remains are^to be kept on board the Faraway until she returns to take them away. The representatives of tho China Steam Navigation Company here have I entered into a bond to remove the J bodies, some of which are not merely X bones." In fact, the officials at the quarantine station 1 hare reported that & most offensive effluvium, lias been perceptible since the coffins were placed m the hospita^ship. r On the '23rd two vessels arrived m harbour with sad tales of the sea. During the, voyage of the American barque Sarah, from Boston, a heavy sea' broke over the stern, smashing m the deckhouW and killing the captain's wife, MB I)oane, on the spot. A great deal endamage was done to the vessel. A man tell from aloft on the Amerioan barque Antioch, from. IJew York* and striking the starboard, mainbrace fell into the sea,; r ahd had to be left tb his fate. There was a very heavy sea running at the timei and it was impossible to launch a boat. Melbourne, August 25. The Messageries Maritimes steamer Melbourne left Williamstown on Thursday. Xhe Irish informer, Joe Smith, and his wife were on board, and Smith xemained below very quiet. During the previous night Smith went out walking with a constable. He bad some d link, and became TOry. violent,. He met a young man, 'wtidm, without provoca* Hon, he struck violently m the face with a cane causing a severe wound, which had tol'bo sew?n up.' Smith endeavoured to get away from the police who accompanied him. He was drunk and very violent, boasting and swearing ;' but it $«S< deemed best to let him go away quietly m the, -steamer, and not to bring charges against him which would cause his detention here* Some very extraordinary facts have been ascertained regarding the case of a man named R. H. Russell, who attempted to commit suicide at a shooting gallery last 'night. It appears that Russell was a man well connected, and the owner of large boat sheds at Williamstown. Somehow, a statement got abroad that he m^some jsyayj-as connected with one of' the Irish Invincibles. There was no ground whatever for that suspicion, but he took it deeply to heart. He deliberately* went to the "shooting' gallery, and there took up a loaded saloon rifle, which he pointed to his head and fired . ■'['"£. small bullet entered bis head, but at thep hospital the bullet was extracted, and no danger was feared., Some time ago he purchased a six-bar* relied revolver' _n_ some cartridges. As the latter were found to, be too big, and as be could not use them m the weapon, he endeavoured tb cut them down to the proper size. Failing m this he, tried to commit suicide by cutting a* bloodTessei; and he inflicted on himself a number of wonnds. None of these, however, proved very serious. The m Council has considered tp caseof Power, the notorious bushranger, on whose behalf applications have been made from time . to time for a reduction of his- -sentence; t He will be released m February,; 1885, 30_ days being deducted m compensation . for a similar time he-Spent m the gaol hospital unable to earn good mfarks; Adelaide August 25. The missing steamer Nelcebee arrived safely at i_ingstone at 12 o'clock on Thursday. The captain reports that he was obliged to run into Elephant Bay, King's Island, for shelter. All the pumps were choked. After clearing them and making another start, the vessel was driven back. She again started on Tuesday-morning, "hen there was a heavy sea outside. She reached Willoughby m 40 hours. Brisbane, August 25. A woman named Gardener was found j dead m a house of ill-fame inßockhamp-\ ton yesterday, and a cabman named James Gardened has been arrested on supicionof __ling*he:>deceased, upon whose body were found a great many severe bruises. The post - mortem examination showed that tier death had resulted from a rupture of the liver caused by violence.