AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 253, 27 September 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Melbourne, Sentemher 19. Rabbits have increased to an alarm. ing extent during the last few weeks on the Wimmera, where these animals are said to be breeding ; to an. extent before unknown. A report has been j received to the effect that there is now ! no grass on the Cow Plains Station, m | the Wimmera district, which formerly was one of the finest grazing properties m the Wimmera, but now, owing to tbe ravages of the rabbit, is said to be incapable of carrying any stock. At Lilydale, near Melbourne, 62 bushels of wheat per acre were obtained last year from land treated with lime. Captain Alan Thomas, the new naval commander for Victoria, is 39 years old. He joined the Imperial service m 1856, and has seen active service ih Egypt. He will serve the colony for four years. # Mr R. McGregor, one of the members for Emerald Hill m the Legislative Assembly, diedjthis morning. He was siezed with serious illness whilst at a football match some time ago, and never recovered consciousness. The Victorian Cricket { Association has decided, conditional on the consent ..of the New South Wales Association, to play an intercolonial match between Victoria and New South Wales oh next Boxing Day. The proposed match jvith South Australia cannot be played until next February. Mr W. H.. Cooper has been chosen selector of the team. „ \ Some Norman-Perch er on horses received from France were offered for sale, and realised from 170 to 260 guineas. An inquest has been held at Ballarat pouching the death of fa, young man named Mills, captain of a football club; from injuries he had received whilst playing football. The evidence showed that his death was caused by rupture of the intestines. The jury, having; returned a verdict m accordance with the medical testimony, added a rider expressing their opinion that the rules of the football clubs should be so modified as to lessen the danger of accidents arising from rough play occurring m future.