AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 46, 22 July 1885, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

(Per s.s. Tarawera at Auckland.) (DNtTED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Melbourne, July 14. The new sixpenny telegram system promises to act well, the revenue being quite as large as previously. > Dion- Boucicault, the eminent actor and author, appeared for the first time at, the Theatre Eoyal on Saturday night, arid was received with enthusiasm by a crowded house. Colonel Price, who has been entrusted with- the formation ot a mounted rifle force, has been busy m the Western district, and has forwarded most satisfactory reports to the department. Many rifle clubs are coming forward. The regulations require members to take the oath for three years, and, though not necessitating attendance at drill, gives the Government control over the men m the event of their services being required. Some disclosures of a startling nature were made at the meeting of the New Guinea exploring Company which was held yesterday. A young man employed m; a jeweller's establishment stated that m Muy last he sold a nugget to a person named Lord, and he identified the specimens of gold shown by Korry, the originator of the Company, as those ha sold m May. He also declared most unequivocally that the man Kerry was the person who bought them. The nugget referred to was sold to the Commercial Bank at Launceston, who placed it m the hands of the jewellers for disposal. In February the man named Lord agreed to buy the specimen for .£27, paying £7 deposit. The nugget was thon sent to a jeweller m Melbourne, where, m May,' Lord completed tha purchase. Kerry admits being m Launceston m the early part of the year. It is stated that the very day the man Lord paid the ba'ance due on the gold, Kerry received a cheque for £20 m connection with the recent libal action. Farther inquiries will be made.