AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 27, 15 October 1884, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

y (Per-B.s. Auß);ca\ia,frpni.Sjr3uey.) x " (united, pbess assooialtion.) .; i Sydney, i Oct. 9. O! QprP. lueß4ay1 ueB4ay- motjpingl * asithe Premier was.coming mto' tow,nfrbm.Shis resjdencef, he was suddeul^ jSesiypd with illnesß,'at the'r^i^ay statton.'. 'He was placed m a "ca"b- and 'eoiiyeyetl" 'Jlq 'ih'e Governuieut dfficeff,. Where- hb'wai' found' to be suffer-' ing from paralysis of the left side,,, .^[|a speech was^-^ot impaired. •..Hd'-'-.wasj pi»rapt^)t is now im* proved. R' will probably be two or three weeks before he is able > to bear moving^aad then- a long period of rest will be necessary^. The greitest symipathy^sMt foivhjm^aiid ,a nuinfje.r, of tele'gramß have been received from all parts of this colony and firotn other colonies." ••• . ! t \ The success of .the loan is^thednbject of jtfttelfcba^StiilatWn.' 'Ov ; , . ; The steamer Madgree, bound from Snnderknd to Sydney, foundered' fiffeefi miles north of Port Macquarie. The. ; cie,w.vldf);itbe ; ship; [m Vtbifee" boats. arfd £ ardyed safely ,at Port Stephen. . She was a vessel on her way out to take aplace m the coast trade. , j " ' Parliament has been m sesaiottfOa whole yearto-day, which is unprecedented s in'^e«)lony.^'' : iV - ''-^ | The Duke of Manchester is oh the way; dp(wu]frqirt th;e Northern Territbry. A child lost m the bash, soyen miles from West Maitland, subsisted 'fiir&evi^ days on gum and berries, and Was ap-^' pargntly'.,well when found. (Ci; I "j ; . rains bjive fallen nearly all or^the colony^dd have pro v&J, .highly beneficial; -' : '"■ J -' r ■■ ■ • j . .v^ p 0 .,'.. ; ; j. : Ab^liAlDE, Oqt,,^ The Mutual Fire Insurance porapauy' 'has' sold' its' business to the j Colonial* Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Eel-. Tojijne^ r a| Ade^aidj^l A, L • j A conflict took place on Sunday m the-JBietauic Park between the Christian, Crusaders and the Freethiukers., which teiiriinated ih free figliliin|. i \ l .•! hat: i:«r;-.-^.'*'.'- : '.i. ii;- '\:i. j '"' The l sfailwky n accent'' joea'r j)r,ary on Friday i^he 3M in§ti,'prdved very serious, resulting m the deatb'of the driver and severetinjuriep to several passengers. t Th^^v*oj carriages oftarest: to the engines were .completely, (telescoped ghd^oth 3 knocked into splinters. The qccupants . of the^first carriage^al^maryello'usiy' es--1 severe 'shaking. ; ;The collisiohiwau attribtited to the statib&iMteier at Oxley having permitted the; trafii-to proipeed;wrtjt a speoial goods' t^ain due.