AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 22, 26 July 1881, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

ME. L. L. SMITH AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. THE PUECHASE OF MESSES. GOLDSBOBOUGH'S BUSINESS. ALLEGED MUTINY AT SEA. A CAPTAIN SEIZED AND HANDCUFFED BY THE CEEW. [ONITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. J (PBR ROTOMAHANA AT THE BLUFF ) Melbourne, 19th Jnly. Mr. L. L. Smith met his constituents on I the 14th inst., and failed to gain a hearinsr. Ho was greeted with groans and hisseß, and references to his change of front. After half an-hour's noise, he adjourned the meeting to a small room, where he explained and defended his conduct to about forty persons, who carried a vote of confidence. A great rise has taken place in the shares of the Australian Agency Banking Corporation, whioh, it is understood, has entered into a /eliminary agreement with Goldaborough and Company to purchase their business. The terms have not transpired, but it is Btated that the bank will be required to take over Goldsborongh's buildings. The Hon. T. Burnell has served the above bank with a writ for damages for J>lo,ooo for referring to a loss of through him in recent reports. The tender of Balkcaw, Vaughan and Co., for 18,000 tonß of steel rails and fish-plateß, has been accepted by the Land Department at Adelaide, 19th July. In the Assembly on the 14th inst., the Chief Secretary announced that the Government will extend the present railway another hundred mile 3, making three hundred in all. This will be done without giving the privilege of construction to any company. Tho line will be a narrow-gauge, and the Government hope to secure considerable |traffio from pastoral districts. b^ «s»™;

Western Australia, 19th July. A Gazette notice, published on the 14th instant, states that all vessels from China and tho Ea c t, having cargo or passengers, must be quarantined. The ship Sarah Bell returned here on tho 4th, with the captain under restraint by the crew, who declared him insane, and their lives, consequently, endangered. The vessel left on the 2nd July, somewhat suddenly, and in rough weather, despite the remonstrances of the mate, and Boon after ehe ran ashore on Sandy Patch She got off with the next tide, and the captain gavj orders to proceed on the voyage. The crew refused to stow the anchor, and demanded the return of the vessel to Adelaide. The captain at first refused, and levelled a gun at the crew, but afterwards promised to take the vessel to Hobart. While preparing to sail, a paraffin lamp was up-et, nearly setting the ship on fire. When the fire was extinguished, the men seized and handcuffed the captain, aud sailed to Adelaide. The matter being brought under the notice of the South Australian Government, who sent to the ship and released the captain, further proceedings will be taken in the matter. Eight of the crew were arrested on the 16th, aud charged with refusing 1 duty, impeding the navigation of the ship, and caus'ng the master bodily harm. Counter criminal charges have been laid against the master. _______________