AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1321, 15 October 1884, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(Par sVs. Australian from Sydney.) Per Prsss Association. • Sydney, Oct 9. On Tuesday morning as the Premier was coming into town from his residence, he was suddenly seized with illness at the railway station. He was placed m a cab and con* Teyed to the Government offices, where he was found to be suffering irom paralysis of the left side. His gpeech was not impared. ;i He } was/ promptly attended to, and is now much improved^ If, will probably be two or three weeks before he is able to bear moving, and then a long period- of rest will be necessary . The greatest sympathy is felt for him, and' a number of telegrams h&ve been received from all parts oil this colony and from other coloniesThe steamer Madgree, bound *rom Sunderland to Sydney foundered fifteen miles nprth of Port Macquarie j The crew left the ship m three boats and arrived safely at Port Stephen. Sbewae a vessel on her way out to take a place m the coast- trade. ' Parliament has been m session a whole year to-d»y, which is unpre cedented m the colony. A picnic was given to Beach yes* terday. Hanlbn was present and expressed himself dissatisfied with the mode of* his defeat, and believed that he could be successful next time. i/Lr Stuart received a telegram a few days ago, from Mr Service, stat-. ing tbat he bad reason to believe that a vessel was being fitted out m Sydney as an armed cruiser m the South Seas, under the German flag. Mr Stuart repliedjthat the vessel m question was not armed, but was simply intended for trading m the ordinary way. . ; ; ; A child lost m the bush, seven miles from West Maitland, subsisted for seven days on gum and berries, and was apparently well when found. ;; 'Melbourne, October 8. J Mr Gillies made an exhaustive statement in-introducitg • -the i ' Kailway Cor struction- Bill m the /.ssem* bly last night- The total outlay eontempiafed is £5,600,000, of which £4,000,000 are to be raised by loan. He stated that the railways this year Will yield a surplus of 9*46 per cent above working expenses, being £7000 m Excess of interest payable on the outlay. The Bill also pro* vides for the' expenditure of L 650,000 on workshops. . . The Eailway Commissioners have accepted the tender of the Phoenix Founo'ry Company ifor 25 locomotives atL71,695. ..,.': Adelaide, October 8. A conflict took place on Sunday m the Botanic Park between the Christian- Crusaders and the Freethinkers, which termirated m free fighting, ; Brisbane, October 8. The railway accident near Drury OB Friday, the 3rd instant, proved Very serious, resulting m the death «f the driver and severe injuries to Several passengers. The two carriages nearest tb l the engines were completely telescoped, and both knocked into splinters. The occupants of the first carriage all marvels lously escaped with a severe shaking. The collision was attributable to the stationmaster at Oxley having per« mitted the train to proceed wth a Special goods train due.