AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 241, 13 September 1883, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

(UNITED PBESS. ASSOCIATION.) (,Per,B.#.sZea!andia at Auckland.) • X :< ' At ■•'^^rSynNEY, September G. J^Mili-tere. have recently been banqueted m various patti of the country, buY i&oJexpositiort of the Ministerial policy m regard th the Land Bill has ,/,bee'n made. Parliament meets for the despatch of business on the Qth OcItbbef. H ; -A A :'■=■:"; ' On the day of the Australian J ockey "Club Metropolitan, was rnn, the weather was very unpleasant. Cionds of dust were blowing, with, a cold wind, and the- attendance on the course did not exceed 0000. The, victory pi, the Gem was a good thing for tlie bookmakers, as -ie started at 12 to I. It: required ; .five attempts before a, sta)rt was made, ' and then a most;, indifferent one was effected; : Ihe Gem' 'wa^ .'splendidly xidden'b>Mcdrade r who only ;w6h by 'the shortest of taads on the.post. ,: y ''■'■ The divorce case Kornitz v. IHornilz is pi oceerling..,. The petitioner ,| who is /'■' ; w_n^tn'ownln'meWahfiie' circles, seeks a divorce Ta^ainst his wjfe. A yruhg man na_decf Solpmon is co-respphdehN ' ; ■• THe 1 decision oif^th'e ; judgesj m. the ! Herald contempt of Court; case has raised a storm of indignation m the Press iOf the colony^ - and is generally '. ccn^ demned, ••-,: A ''i ,'■•, . . Brisbane, September 6. The , steamer is lying j beached on. Fern. lsland, near Cape , Yor-r.Witli atiole'in her bows. 5 j . .-,: T> j It is 'supposed v that , nine £ Chfoameu > who'TecentlyU Riviera ha'Ve^lSeen murdered by blacks" near Ruslell River . „,,•■; i .A^X'X XXXi . "MELBiOU-tNE, September 6. ; ?Tie Government. intend, immediately to remove old Pence's ! ilri^lge • and , erect a temporary- structure. The licensee of the Temperance Hall has lieeri ( fined tor allowing the lobbies io'JandPgangway of the building to be-oveN-crowd-dVata Salvation, Army meeting. ■,r- -y. At the fetud sheep Bale, a xam from (v-.the^studof Mr John Cumbing, of Terranalumj after a splendid icon-peti-tion, was knocked down at 3150 guineas . to .be^ifon, T. T. Gumming. Th&J com^titidn was between the buyer and and J-fe-B-s/w. Cumming and . son. Thisjlmoria than double the jprice .over .pai^'befor-I Another ram, ;from Mr Chiles: Syrey's tlock, was sold { for lOCpfenineaß. The highest iyiice paid Juf%£ Ercildbun ram was 300 guineas.