AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 263, 10 October 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SUMMA RY.

(BY TKLKGRAPH. ) Melbourne, October^ 1. A fracas occurred on board '.the" Sagha'ien, m connection -with the! Irish informers. In the forenooi of'Tuiwdßy a number of idlers visited tbe ye«gel, ; and one of the number wishing ifco perpetrate ajoke at the expense ; of a companion,, said to him, pointing: to a frenchman on deck, ".Thereis HanIbn." The Frenchman understood the words, but did not look upon them as complimentary; so striding up to the joker, he struck, him a blow with his fist. The. presence of the constables on the ship and on the pier alongside put a stop to any further hostilities ' A young man named Henry Malcolm was bitten by a snake to-day, Professor Halford's method of oure was tried, and ammonia injected with, perfect success. Sydney, September 27. . Several differences have -arisen m criketing ciioles, and the. season there fere promise to be a good one. - : A terrific thunderstorm, with* a heavy shower passed over B^urrurundi, The lightninsr, which was very vivid 1 , struck a huge apple about 20Q yards to the.we^t of the railway station, shattering the tree into innumerable pieces, some of which where hurled fully 100 yards. ' ' In the trunk were several iron bolts, used for fastening clotheslines, and around them the wood was much charred. A : house occupied by a family stood within twenty feet of the tree, and fortunately escaped destruction, being only slightly damaged by the shattered fragments; " Adelaid a, September 27. ' The wife of Captaiii (jfatid, lof the barque Athena, committed Suicide by throwing herself m front, of th'e train, Her left arm was cut off at the shoulder. She was at once taken to the casuality hospital, where she died. Early the $ame niojming sjhe had attempted ta ci^ther tHraati bat Had been pre-