AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.
(Per s.s. Te Anau at the Bluff.) (UNITED PRKSS- ASSOCIATION.) Melbournb, S*pt. 8. Intelligence has been received by last mail that the gnns specially ordered for Qneenscliffe battery are completed. The New Zealand Government, replying to Mr Service's telegram abont the missing ship North American, states that the schooner Kekeno, now on a visit to the Auckland Islands, is daily expected to return. They will wire on her arrival, and if she bring* no news, the lighthouse steamer Stella, can, if necessary, be directed to visit these Islands: Sir John Coode, the eminent engineer, arrived m Melbourne yesterday, and was met by the officers of the Harbor Trust. The matters to be submitted to Sir John Coode by the Harbor Trust will be taken m hand immediately. A room will be specially set apart for his use at the offices of the Trust to facilitate the work. The principal work is a proposed modification of the dock scheme originally drawn up by Sir John Coode ; also as to forming a dock m West Melbourne Swamp. Mr Joseph Svmes, freethonght lee tnrer. persisted m charging for admiss:on to his Sunday evening entertain- ' merits after being cautioner! by the police, 'and, consequently, criminal proceedings 'will be takenagainst him.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1456, 16 September 1885, Page 2
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208AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1456, 16 September 1885, Page 2
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