AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 91, 12 March 1884, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

The Horsham Bank Bobbery* An Exhibition Scandal, The Adelaide Fire, Hurricane and Shipping ;Caßnalti,€S . cLPer s.s. Rotomahana atthe^tyfo] (by telegraph.) "* "'^ ~ (¥^Eri&l>' PRESS! ASSpCI&TION.) , ... Mblboubne, March 4. • ',' . A project is on foot tbcomm^ncefhe ciil tMtion :i of oysters: 1 A sV'ndica W has applied for a leas-e of the w(?ste I rii :f <part of the bay for that purpose. - An extraordinary ,robbejcy mitted at '.the Horshanjfi ; btran^i g&ft-he London Chartered (BaAkj off &Hstrajia between closing on Saturday and opening.jqn Mo/nclay. The offwia ls ongoing to the bank on Monday mornj^g found the key r hple of' the safe choked' \?ith broken penholders! On^h'eir ; removal, the safe was opened m the usual 11 way, and it was discovered nearly £6000 m notes and gold had "been stolen, "^wo j detectives have th& matter m hand. The -were no signs of Iprcih^gntey, the bars of the doors WTwin^lbw'ff'nTO being displaced. : ■, T ; • aO.. j % } , Sydney, March 4. The Government have issued instructions to the Agent-General not to receive any more money at the Emigration Office, London, as deposits for the payment of the passage of emigrants from England to this cplouy. i? The Governm&nt £03$ taking steps to Jest the spiqts,^inesyie^r, sold m the colony 1 . The 'polhjW { Bkv^ fceen instructed to obtain" samples for analysis. -. r - r^.n;i?...r At a me^tifc^ ;of/the .Qpmmissioners rQf thp Aaiste^ain/Exhibi^io^,^ member condemned in-strong it«rnjß,tbejeonduct of ; thei promoters of the Exhibition m exacting-payment for the medals awarded to the exhibitotKi •til^jtfas resolved thabthe action- of tlfe Exhibition authorities was-an act of repudiation.; > ! '.' ; " -:«:.••;' v.;; "77 : - : . il cJ[)

. ' •' Adelaide, March i. The largest fire that has occurred for some time broke out cm: Monday" at CowellV timber -yards, Norwood. It destroyed > the whole' consents of the yard, and gutted several dwellings, carpenters' workshop, and other buildings. Tjie fire is supposed, to be the "work of tin incendiary, a& shdrtly .first was seen. burningJqur otljer ma^es simultaneously ignitedf ' ' "V^he^l^fie alarm was given_th l e"K'orwood Brigade was attending anot^iTer, fire, but on account of the magnitude of bowell's left and cauie there»._ Xess^lhan a month ,ago an attempt; was; ,m^de~ tojbttW-)]£he same premises, . bat. the, i fire was discovered m time. The annual report of the fc inspeptM'3 of stock, just publisked,^ W^ .tha^scab has not appeared during theycar, and recommends that all slaughterhoug^sbbe examined to test {.he freedom of "meat from tuberculosis. " " >w ■■•■■•- "-^ISBANE, Mf$ c Hi(^2> Kuin.has fallen 'm many "pafllFof Queensland. A company is Asejng; formed m Brisbane to start a, tri-weeldy^paper devoted to the political and socia|^gj'teiests of Irishmen. X ■'■■". . : ; •' •; r; - Tt ; has l be^n ffisodr'eretfW^ceWin the volunteer force who ffwmpy^s'ea'lsP'ln the "LfegislatuKe are liable to a periilty, ! and their seats 'are renJlbreo!.-' yadsmt untlor the Act. Several ltorts : %fi;esiy resigned. .; r . . ; ,; 7 ;,,"7 : i ■.;, ..-.•-.■.;. S.BRTH,; March. 4: 1 . News has bcfiii. received! fronii :^itig George's Sound that a disa3iA>bs!:hi«-- --■ ricane occurred" m 1 : -Beagle 1 Balj 'and liacep; ede; !lsl ands ! " 'oiii [6^ 'The vessalsV, HjraV 'llolniiin^' Expert, and Anne Tayl'of, rwer^' jdriy^nlaKlrQre. The.FlQwevdalis .pttt ;toi sea! and losVher boa ts. :Three i pearling' > jnaHiYesi ■ were : dr6wbeflv : j-' ' ; ' '' ; ; vi -- :; ; ';'■' Hi ■ ■-"' ' At,theTioftc'e G6\ik on' ; OolongT An i gel ; o, i one R of rtj^e mSgisiraies, disagreed,, with^ jbhe. irdecisfpaio^liis icol.league inia\case.of ; trq^aads against the Rev. Mr Shearer, Presbyterian Iminister, and dismissed theoa&o. The mat> ter. caused ukioh coinmeriti r - and :it is believed an oflftcial inquiry will be holdi- •■•'■•:!»!«»■.• . r i^.« lr-y, :..\ i