AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 179, 26 June 1884, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

[Per s.s. Wakatipu.]

; THE TICHBORNE, APPLICATION.

A ROUGH VOYAGE.

TERRIBLE MUBDEB IN TASMANIA. .

; ; Sydjtey; June 17.. fljhe" Speaker having been' served with a writ at the. instance of Mr A. G; Tay-* lor, the Assembly instructed the Attor.neyrGeneral to appear for him. (When. - theimatter was broughtj>ef ere the House -it gave rise to a somewhat acrimonious discussion, but was eventually agreed to without a division. The application for ihe '- irelease of Arthur Cresswell from Parraraatta, asylum has, after some evidence,^ adjourned for' " three weeks, ' to permit of the 'attendance of Thomas Cresswell, a' brother of the lunatic. Charles and Edmund Orton havegiven. evidence that Cresswell is.their hr,other,.b.ut the luha-; tic himself insists that his name is not Arthur, ;but William. The evidence generally is conflicting. . Business continues dull, but is likely to improve. The Government are about finding/work for a number of the unemployed, but ouly offer five shillings a day, and give . preference to married nien. A good deal of. the agitation has worn off. The barque Mary Evans, f rom.Noumes, arrived yesterday, after 'a terrible passage, having met with a succession of hard gales. ; The crew had to subsist fortune days on biscuits, dry rice, and albatross. . r ; ....... „ . . .,. Melbourne,) June, 17. , The Bishop of Melbourne will probably be elected Chancellor of the University. Mr Holroyd declines: to be nominated. Another central block of city property m Collins*street West has realised £875 per foot. . The new line of railway from Castlemaine to Maldon.has been opened. - A profit of £1000 was shown on the last Eight Hours' Anniversary Demonstration. ■'-■■.''.-■ ,'.- , • John Coiteo, the i bank cle^kjandjfootballer, who shotshimself, has since" died. ! HoBARtj June 17. A terrible, murder is reported; at Black: Creek near Brighton. A son shot his father, with whom he had had a dispute. Heavy flood* have occurred ; jc various parts of the country, and a large number of bridgeshave been carried away. \ Adelaide,- June 17. ; ; The ; Duke of Manchester remains here ' for the present visiting various objects of interest. :■-.••, .. 1 , ,' : The House will adjourn to enable the new Miuisters to formulate a policy.