AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1565, 25 November 1885, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

The; following summary of Australia I news is com piled from the files bronght by the Tekapo, which Jeft Sydney on the evening- of the 17th instant: — ": " Sydnkt, Nov. 17. The Plenary Cemncil which opened last Sunday, presented a brilliant s • ctacli*. Besides one cardinal, sixteen bishops wore present, feishop ' Redwood preached a masterly senwm. and his fine voice was ..clearly. heard throughout the cathedral. The sittings will continue until the end of the month: No fresh cases of smallpoxThave been reported. T - 5 - 'M /" s The weather is very h\dt and^dry. The settling ov»r the late racd meeting m Melbourne was not satisfactory here. Sevtfaf backers failed . to put m an appearance. A ,ne w eveniug paper, The Globe, is being published iiv Sydney. ' \ The strike at the Lambton Colliery continues, but the other strike amongst laborers is at an end. Brisbane, Nav.rl7. The, Primate and fiisfiop Webber arrived £n Monday, and were received by a large body of clergy and laity. The installation took place today; i; j - ; ;■ , The constitutional difficulty is m a fair way of beiug settlexL The Council wilt pass an Appropriation Bill including the disputed- item, aud the case wt!l be submitted to the Privy Council as to whether the Council . has the power to amend money bills. Melboubne, Nov. 17. At midnight on Saturday a fire broke out m a goods train travelling between Wood end and Macedon. A tfood deal of damage was done. Freeland Morrell. a seaman of the barque Don Nicolas, has been committed for trial for the wilful murder of John Anderson, second officer of the vessel.