AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1672, 31 March 1886, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

(UNITED PBESS \ Jf^/OGU^id^' " j Adel^tots, Maxell ||. A wholesale poisoning tragedy, o^cur-* ited yesterday m the House O& Mr Olive*;* Bferdertown, nine persons bVing poison^ efl, two of whomare already deadi^Jt 'appears Mrs Oliver inadvertently took, arsenic left unlabelled by a painter, and foupTinto a pancake, of which all the "hfflfy partook. Two children, aged 6 and.7, are dead. Two others are not ex--petjte<i4^li**TOaiiy^ouwu«Fijf otherii,. however, are thought likely to survive. The doctors were unremitting m their, •the patients' system before remedies could be applied;- ,:, , Consideratie, :eiclte ; tttirit \&% betn cattseUhejft by|ti«B »ysfei:a.uji s djsaft»ar-ancfc'of-Mrfc.-B^olt, AnagS^lthe local branch qt.the Bank, of New Zealand*. Every nook had been hunted and rendezvous been . searched; bill his where • i aboufc v unknown. ' He'was last seen on , Thursday.; evening. As manager of the i Bank he was most assiduous m the dis; charge of'hii duties ■ liisf business aißFaii^i being left m a most complete state. (Conjecture eanhot find a pretext for; his div; appearance. On his non-appearance at the B^nk^on Friday, inquimfwatmailej, at his house, but Mrs Holt' was, m a similar state of doubt and uncertainty. She had received' a letter frouv her husSana, but could^giylr no' inYdrmatianfa% to his 7 Syhereabouts.' It appears 'Mr Holt had been speculating heavily and disastrously. %taly. on horse racing*.^^;! The jlibftl,, action., Stpckdale (the «x- 1 plorer) against the Evening 1 News, reflulte^ ,m a ( verdict for plaintiff, with £500 damages. ' " !' : ' ' ' • r ßeacH leaves for England on"Saturday/ 5 He says he will only, irowbn.the Thames' and; Tyne, and yrUl' not contest any .open races. Last night he was banquetted, and presented .with a purse of 240 sovereigns. f MfeP. W. j^iUardj^whp arrived yesterd« froßs^raparit-imends running a Japafese village inSydhey, yThe-^ra^ biers of *>he village oomprise-4fli i&&llif% <•' '^^ernble- paji^pf-attem^d^m^diir anH^Suicide occur red . yesterdayiaf^hiooii aralfaw^eTrr'^HiJls^A ly^ng man named AugustAnderson m I fit of jeaU; ofcfiSred *) fyoung .girl Sn| jHap^ ously #dunde* her.^ =H# thsrf Jhot himr self dead. ,v r ,; . ". • . , ".' , A . „>„ . The'Rev.J. E. Mdultair, represSntative of the Wesleyan* Conference^ to the i Friendly^lnlands, leaye| by the- Alameda j to-day. £1& toward; the mission. .f p , - r.^ ! ' .Ndthing'further'Haii i been heard of Mr Holt,' bi tlie Batik of-iNeVr^ Zialan/ii Ut is asserted that he ODly : hadn£6in hisj possesßib¥^hen^e.wentlajiv;%yv? Private; speculation is said to be the cause. i ( -Mess^.jGhanter 3 .and Leyien.^were nearly coming to blows fn the prfecincts' of .tixe *» '-.Mditise , - af terhoqn.| fhey were" Separated by T the ! AtWrhey-j ;Ge ! netal-^ V( - mi l;! - X ''•••'■■■.■:- ':";■•■:; ' "Bain continues to hold- off; and: the supplies m! the dams are diminishing. . I ■"> oAi:i,J .(.-■■:=;..;; , MELBOUENKi , | 'SeaWßonagliyhas been- appointed b^ thy-'authbrifie's at'Bome as coadjutor to AichWshop ; ©oald;/ ;>- .:":*'?! £975 fper- foots has been .refused 4 for some building -.trontages m Golhns4 previous to nis aeparture^or xionuon. ; ->- ADBI.AIDB, March 24. ! ,-^ j if*" T-\ ■--; \ ■ ■ x In the divorce case JVatspn V; Watson and C. C.'Kmgsibhi ! M.L.A ! ., co-respon-"deTJtrthe jdry f oand-the adulteiyprowed;, and the Judge-will report the case to thfe full Gourt^!; -„^--.- }> ; , -ft-J^ j A cro.wd#d meetirig passed a Teßolutio^hatit was absolutely necessary MlflHp^a^ to-be- ato^Bce called tdwitn' the l commercial defor the <purpose. of mi tiatin, j ( Wo^^ot a reproductive oharaotbr, reducing duties on the. necessaries of life, an 1 increasing; the^.land tax.