ABSTRACTS AND CHRONICLES.

Observer, Volume 6, Issue 156, 8 September 1883, Page 14

ABSTRACTS AND CHRONICLES.

THE ABSTEACTS AND BKIEF CHRONIOLES^OF

THE TIMES,

— Small-pox in Brisbane. — "Woodyear has a Gynocephalus ! — Cetew&yo repudiates British rule. i — 27,000 died i'r6m cholera in Egypt. — Tidal wave on West Australian coast. — King Alphonso visits Kaiser Wilhelm. — llev Shaw courtmartialed and acquited. — More native obstructions near Cambridge. —Reported gold discoveries near Waverly and Tuliua. — Awful loss of life bj volcanic eruptions 'in Sunda. • : Obituary. — E. J. Taylor, son of late Gf-eneral Taylor. — A masher at Dunedin horsewhipped by a. barmaid. — French mobilising an army corps on eastern frontier. —Eccentricities of City School Committee increasing. — Forty persons killed by a railway accident at Strelitz. — Peace between French, and Annamese only patched up. — Shocks of earthquake in "N.S.W. and Queensland. — Annexation Conference to sifc afc Sydney in October. — Charles Macfarlane sucided at HokitikaCause, driuk. — Native Land Laws Amendment Bill passed Upper House. — Captain Patterson's certificate suspended three months. — Queen Ranovala's niece succeeds to throne of Madagascar. — Fuvious gales and numerous wrecks on soutlx coast of England. — Proposal to establish an Irish National League in Victoria. • — Auckland is to be the starting point of the Redmond mission. — Oratorical discharges over report on Dargaville's charges. — Melbournites victimised by a pseudo nephew, of Sk Arthur Gordon. — Miss Annie Maher, a Wellington barmaid, has filed her schedule. — Government surveyors caj>tured by native* at Manganui — a-te-Ao. — Earl Derby refuses to release Cresswell, supposed Arthur Orton. •' : — Proprietor &'. M. Herald, sentenced to .pay £250 for contempt of Court. . . . . — N.S.W. Government arranged with Orient Co, for a fortnightly service. ■ . — Comte de Paris refused to attend funeraljjßKT Comte de Chambord. Nice relatives., -^^b^^T^l^^. — A Servian general has mooted of' & military trading station in New Guinea, -^^^f^ — Railway Wharf folly, is becoming apparent in the case of berthing steamers of deep draught. — The Auckland Harbour Board rejected a proposal to divide the new dock into two lengths. — Infant son of, Mr Alexander Cameron scalded to death at Seafield View by upsetting boiling kettle. — Auckland whaling barque Especukdor wrecked at Tonga ; all hands saved : vessel insured for £1650. . ... — Mrs Bankin, the Wnnganui woman -vho got into that trouble with Notnmn, has been victimising a. draper. . .• — Parliamentary barometer indicates more gales. This, of course, has some connection with the h'onor-atVi'-iim. • —Another young man. William MacConnell,, of Mnnkau, fooling with a gun nearly blew his mouth to pioces. —Members General Expenses Bill rejected by Legislative Council. The Lords desire to keep up their own honorariums. . • » - • — Isabella Parry, a barmaid, charged !wiih threatening: to Careyise Charles McGafile, discharged, complainant declining to prosecute. , — Seven Irishmen arrested at G-lasgow charged wirti attempting to blow up a gasometer. These men. would be an excellent antidote to loquacious school committees. — Our Parliament has decided that a. Colonial Bishop may be styled "Lord Bishop." O Lord t Fancy the disciples • and apostles being dubbed with, aristocratic titles ! — Supply of stimulants at Old Men and ' Women's Refuge stopped, but as leave of absence will be granted to the inmates they will doubtless find means to get drink. — Dunedin Gaol Commissioners' report recommended discharge of Culdwell, the gaoler, Dr Burns, and three warders, first to receive a pension. Report goes to show that the entire management was corrupt. — A fire which broke out in the planning-shop of the Te ICopuru sawmills destroyed the adjoining sheds, new stores, and 3 000.000 feet of timber. Loss estimated at £15,000 to £20,000. The ndjoinine houses and public offices were saved by the energetic efforts of the people.