AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1666, 24 March 1886, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

(Per s.s. Manapourij at the BltifJi.) ; (UNITED PBESSyASaOfCIATipN'Jt ™ MELBOURNs(jMar«jb. 17/ , Bishop Moorhouse sailed on Thursday* last for England per mall steamer-Beng-al. A very large crowd of friends and admirers accompanied him to the^essel. The Premier has torwarded to Ad"iniral Tryon a report of the conclusions at by the Steam Navigation 1 Board m reference to the recant accident I . to the Jj&iihpra, and has .requested that; '-HM r .S.'Mymndori may be sent -to make a survey of the locality where the vessel, struck.. He. pointed out that the rock "where" 'tile' steamer' is alleged' to have' struck is situated directly m the fairway eif navigation. ■ -. i The agricultural statistics compiled ;by Mr Hay ter have been publishsd. Tliey sbpwithat the wheat yield,is, considerably ; lesa than last year's, thevav 6 ' l^'^^ ol .^ l6 past season being 9-01 .bushels as against 9-50 bugheis for ' the previbm season. The. gross ■ yield, from . 1,006,534 acres Was 9,073,227 bushels. /. > At -the instance of. the: Secretary of i State for the Colonies, negotiations for soine time have been m progress'in:view of bringing together tlie Governors and Premiers of the whole of the Australasian colonies.. The : primary object of the meeting would, be .to, consider the scheme of naval defence proposed by Admiral Tryon, but the relations of the polonies to tlie. New Guinea protectorate, th* "attitude 1 of Germany • rogafdirig J Samoa, and the designs of France on the New Hebrides would form subjects for discussion.: :The Governoivpf^ictoria has been for. some time communicating with the Governors ot other colonies, but vtpth only partial success. South Australia, New Zealand, and Queensland were at first willing to meet; but New^ Zealand subsequently changed its-minJ, and decided not to attend* and theiOtheri (two colonies are only willing to : join ;ori.condition that either New' South Wales i or New Zealand is represented at the gathering. The^nejjotiations^are, there-' ■ fore, at a standstill. . '*%&*■ \ ..■•?■{■.■.;,..■•--'" j^r>ELAißE,:Mferoti|l7i , , - :;.- Wilson, ; the accountant^ of '|k, Commercial Bank, was declared^, insolvent, ■ •yeßterday;.^.Undor'..ingtra?Honß^ff6lrf- |U,e: directors the I Bank ( a^solicitor* have inj proceedings^, „ hi'tt£. for > mifepfirSprkting theifdndS.Ji '-.".v r ii | A meeting of the creditors of James Cowan'; 'one of ! the ' persons to whom Crooks advanced-money, was held ;today. f Gowain's assets y consists chiefly] of interestsiniaha:. ; syhdicai;es,j and mmmg 5 ventures. The Commercial Bank is a. : secured creditor. •■''■■ ; ' ■■■ '-•• :^ i •'■■■•!.£? ■■■■ >->^'-- '■-■-■■• ■' *<■■-'- ' *,£ ■}