AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 89, 18 March 1885, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(eLKQTSIO XB^EOi Iff HwrrrCGOTBIGBT.) (broteb's tklbgbams.) '- Ui ; '; f! ; ?; ;'; v SY^iEY, : M«roh 14. A verdict for the defendants has been jgiven m the libel action brought by Mr M^Elhorie, M.P.V <agi»nst the proprietors «f the Evening News newspaper. In this action damages were'diimed for comments m April last on a Parliamentary investigation into "AfcElhone's trans- . actions with Handsaker, for. , whom it was 'said the former obtainVd^an* appointment m the Civil Service, the emolu- ' rnents, being paid/to.) McElhone m liquidation of a debt. March 16. . Arrived, .Yesterdayr—lMCanapoferi, from Auckland. ■■ Parliament 1 meets to-morrow, and it is expected .that the.biU. of nid^innity m connection with the Soudan contingent ■will be carried by a-largeioaajority. . y Melbourne, March 16. The evening papers contradict the statement made m the Age to-day that precautions wer^ deemed necessary for the protection: ofdihe public buildings m this city. They declare that the guards at Government House and other •places have merel3 r been relieved to admit of the despatch of artillerymen to Quefensch'flfe.- -' r* ihl'H^'l Sir William Jervois has returned to from AdeJajda, > /Ike -Age ;re;-ass£r&sHJMwcursacy of its statement as to the precautions taken for the safety of the various public build* ines.