AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 202, 23 July 1884, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

(Per s;s. Rotomahana at. the Bluff.) (UNITfil) PfcESS ASSOCIATION.) MEIiBOURNi:, July 16.. Jeremiah Bolaud^ of the tilmmpioh Hotel, Fitzroy, has l>oen committed for trial for , getting up a, avyeep on the W'lterloQ Cup under the pseudonym^ " Archdrnid." , A 'number of Mahotnmednns waited ! on the Minister of Lauds and: obtaiued pjen»is*ion to, use the Albert Park reserve to cpiuluyUo the Feast of Uamsitn .according -tip; Muhommedan ritual, including nnini.ils, &c. The "VMgabond" is lecturing m tho north-eastern districts on "Convicts and Cannibals,." The iteunedy family, the wellI knqyn vooajis^s, left for England per the s.s. Assam to-day. Thy Hobart Cham er of Coinmoroci has decided that it is inulo.sirablc to have direct steam service with l?\\\%land at ineseut. TJ}e Jttaciug Ol^W have decided U> offer £100 to be run m February, with a sweep of 10 soys ; nominations j to be 5 «ovs. Sydney, July 16. At the special religious sery'cp ou, Sunday \n ponnc^tiqn," with the 12th July pelebriition,se,ven thousand were present. The schooner George Noble, brings intelligence of tho master*' qf pi^iY e! i on tho inlands or' the King Mill group by a neighboring chief. With

the ft«slf»tiftr»OQ of the KnaHaU Vtonft, Kate MaoKregoi", CftpUln Si*wAvd,; chief of the lßtand of Apimaina, attacked the Island Nai Nouti,' pillaged the island, shot twenty-five •natives, and took a large number of ' prisoners. A trader named Lawther came to Sydney to report the matter to the Commodore.

(Per s.s. Australia, at Auckland.) {JjmTED JPRES6 1 ASSOCIATION.) Sydnky, July 16. The labor vessel, Forest King, has ;'beeh seized for a breach of the regulations and having no interpreter on board . , There' -vrexe thirty-three re— < cruits ou board, and thirteen others, jumped overboard and swam ashore;" 1 l^lie Duke of Manchester is visiting some of the mining districts. Uittlo interest is being taken m Hanlan's match with Beach next month. The champion has not yet gone into strict training. Melboubne, July 16.. Mr Brb'ughton, deputy-master of the Mint, has' been taken to the Qretnorne Lunaf ie Asylum for temporary insanity. Sir "VV. Jervois is- visiting the defence works at Queensclifie and the Bay. fioBARt, July 16. The Treasurer's Budget showed that the colony was m a fairly prosperous .condition. The revenue was good m spite of remission of taxktion last year, and the next year would commence with a surplus of £11,355.