AUSTRALIA SUMMARY.
' (Pot HiS. Manapoui i.)
, (UNITED. PE r SS ASSOCIATION.) . .Melbourne,* 'March 12. "The united Fire Brigade deraontration commenced at (s}.eelong ; last ni^hi, about: 2000 men frojn Victoria and New South Wales taking part in the meeting. The Scots Church Committee have decided to proceed with a movement for separation from the Presbyterian Church of Victoria. . ; ! , • ' The wijl of the late Mr J,'G. Francis has been proved at £178,000, which sum will be divided among the members of his family. '• Arrangements for the installation of Sir W. J. Clarke as the District Grand Master of the English; Scotch, and Irish Freemasons, sore irienrly completed. ; Adelaide, March 12. . Further particulars have been received with regard to the man found dead under the telegraph wire! Tlie man's name, it appears, was Philip Miliard.; He passed Dalhoueie Springs about the Ist instant with two. horses,. which were both found near the body. It is supposed that deceased took the line for a short cat. - He burnt the pole down to enable him to reach the wire, which he then broke. The Government has ofleied a reward of £200 ■ for the apprehension of persons causing fires at Norwood.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 96, 19 March 1884, Page 3
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195AUSTRALIA SUMMARY. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 96, 19 March 1884, Page 3
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