AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1667, 25 March 1886, Page 3

AUSTRALI AN SUMMARY.

(PerM- r*r»werft at Auckland). /XT (UNrtBD PBESS ASSOCIATION) if nVbiirokt wclereverythnn^ lß^aget jast now, Government preparing their measure for Parliament; «. y/. ; The juxxeiritjloyad a^itfttion "Ms caused some trouble, but most of the men have aroimd tßs mefropoiw. ' Government-has decided to stop immigration from Home f or this jtejjni atleiisti Si , .-5 •!;_» iI Hi St. "Patrick's day celebralibh was held yesterday .^Two resolutions w«re passed-, '^mfatomfig "fiDrJ*ftnfiJl oVl^he jdprioas victory he had achieved, and JMjDtben pledging the,- Srisbmetb^f (New ®w^^^aje^j|p,; contribute: <toward this payment of tb'e Irish member* m the H6iisWbY.C6mnfqns. "' ' ,' »^h^pj>lic^'of Govefiimißn;t, as J foreftjadowed'by the Mihisfer of "Works la«t nigHf, will iindlude retrencHnfftnt iilpubwqrks »,and ; Ci^il Sefvice^the reduction toL.the^military .vote, .the suspension^ of I the" immigration.vpte, an ; amendment of tHe' liinTd Act, and direct and indirect taxation. f ".' . '"',' „* -■L^dy ; Forbes, widow of .the 'first CBief Jiiatioe of the Golony, diedrecently," aged Particulars were received last night of a -.seYere, hurricane at Fiji, on 4th M*rcb;» at, iJevulia. which, was .almost wrecked. Fortunately . the harbor was bare at the tfdnunerifcement of the sto'rni, anil, ac Ceptmp^bSbld'yrarhinfrall'veMels.sbughfc Bheltoh'^The damage 1 .^one to Native tftiras amounts to little lesfl ihan general d^trncJipjn>oSeVefali Naliyes were.killed, an^ l the,loßß.has beenryer.y T great. : : JfiMr.tOrackneW,^ Superintendent of the New South; Wales Telegraph department §I.3^u JQ>tfiEyie.Wi with tithe ; Postmosfer per^yesterday with reference to the _ .)le;^Mbsidyr i ;... ; „ J /MrP:: O'Brien, ! of Hawthorn, lisis^iven £10d0 tbwnrd clearihe: the , debt from St. : ' ?' -*N»Arly £6000 'has. been ; received for the teliefi of the sufferers by the Heytesbury,forest,b.uah.fires, -.> ; :; r? -:{/ The Premier received., », depiction from .the Apfitralian, Natives A^opmti^n agkinsf Irench" annexation <o£ ,th'e New HebridekV'f '" '^•" :: /' v . 1 ■•";■■■•■"•