AUSTRALIAN SNUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 131, 10 May 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SNUMMARY.

-THE M GREAT AMERICAN INDIAN CORN-DOCTOR,"

- USDKY IN MRLBOIiRN T E.

THE EXj;RAORDINARY.CHAIIG!£

SINGULAR RAILWAY ■ >H ACCIDENT.

Ppbr's.s;^a;ra.wata, -at the bluff. J [Bt THIiBGRAPH.I « ;, (UNITED "PEE'sS ASSOCIATION.) ' ..„. Melbourne; The Hospital Committee, beinjf desirous of reraoying the building, has asked the Government fora grant of reserves, but none suitable are available at present.. The building Jp; saturated with erysipelas, and its removal is very desiiable. ~- * ■ The Harbour Trust has decided .to float a loin of a Quarter of a million, at five per cent., m London. Mr Ford, tke secretary, goes Home to givie"''information, and superintend the arrangements'; *•'-' '■■ •• -'■ ' "•'•■■ '• ' '■ The case against Elizabeth Taylor and Jeanne Moniehon, iov unlawful practices m ..procuring abortion, : was trre'd -on -Thtirsday;" : The v juiy again unable to agree, and the prisoners were remanded till the nexfc session".' J Henry Winter, the well-known New Zealand " Great Indian Corn- Doctor/ is insolvent. In his^xaminationy debtor stated that when he commenced business at Prahran Jast yj£a£fts,a ..storekeeper, . hi : had £200(T ia cash, and diamonds. During seven months he had lost £4000. He could neither read nor write, and kept no books to show his receipts and disbursements. In February he sold a large quantity 6f!g6ba's : 4t auction at Ballarac, which had no c been paid fori \ The creditors expressed the opinion that 1 the case was of an unsatisfactory nature. '/''" : * : ; Another case 'of insolvency is exciting a good | de.il, of" "comment. William Ernest Petty ' Don % 6.wes " money from Aaron Wii^man di) ' th'e^ security of I money receivable '""iinUer" his iather'd will, oh his attaining 25 yoars. Wax? man ao vauced £4000 , at 25 .' per centi interest ; if not paid quarterly, compound interest to be charged . A clause was' inserted m the deed preventing v the repayment ol the'principal until. he came tritd. the property. ' He dlso caused Petty td v insure his life f .' . The. Ar/>us,| m ah ; 'article," staitfs thai; Wavman'is i'nfi|t i to continue to hold' the Commission of the Peace. ' ' • ' ■ i | Tlie Murray wine growers have prejsented M. L. 1 L. Smith with a model o|f a champagne bbttle m gold and diamonds m recognition of his services on behalf of vine culture m Austfaiia. In the extraordinary cas-'e of imposture, m which agiirf named Catherine Giiliin wrote letters to various persons m the name of Miss M'Coy, daughter of the professor of that name, stating that her brother, who was practising law at Tuapeka, New Zealand, was m destitute circumstances^ , and, unwillkg to apply to her father for assistance, the Bench dismissed the caste, as proof of the writing was not sufficiently clear; Ifis probable that further- proceedings will be taken.;, ;.'; ■ '. : , A serious accident occurred on Friday : , i;Two mun, under the iufluence of liquor, started to walk along thje railway from -^andridge to Melbourne. Crossing the FaUs Bridge, a train cime up and struck Fredt. Turner, knocking him off the bridge. He swapr ashore, and w»s found and taken to the hospital. His. companion is missing, and the police are^ searching *J"pr the body." ; • •..:'. Mr Archibald Forbes has been the guest of Sir W. J. Clarke, at, .Ruperts* wood. He visits Queensland, and^. re-

turns to England by the Juno 'Frisco, mail, . •-vv. . SyDN|ir. Great interest w.^Sta%en inithovjboat: race on Saturday; ? -The;: Victory of the Melbourno crew was cordially: acknow«i led^ed, and the utndost good feeling prevailed; ,v "■