AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1185, 20 October 1882, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

« Per Arawata, at the Bluff. Mflbourxe, October 11. Mr Bent Commission of Railways, is recovering from the effects of his accident, but is unable to attend the Assembly. The City Council propose to borrow .£200,000 ami will probably try to ! float a loan in the London market. The Central Board of Health has called on the local board of Hamilton to remove Dr Chambers, the Health Officer for giving an erroneous description of the symptoms in the alleged small-pox case lately. John Alexander Doric has commenced an anti-liquor crusade in Collingwood. A band of men assembled outside the bars of the public houses and denounced the dealers, exhorting them to prayers, and inviting them to throw their liquor into the gutter. The question of the security of documents in the Tellers Office has been mooted since the Sydney fire, and it is is intended to protect the windows by tire proof shutters. On Sunday a boat containing five persons capsized on the Yarra, owing to the occupants skylarking and changing places, Magaret Bourke, and George Woods, were drowned, Woods tried to save the girl but both sank. The Reverend Charles Strong has just returned from Europe, and preached on Sunday to a crowded congregation. The remains of Francis Herman have been exhumed at Ararat, it being supposed that he has been murdeied. Robort Smith was arrested on Monday morning for the Avenal Bank robbery. Some Queensland black trackers watched his footsteps in the direction of Melbourne, but did not capture him ; on Sunday night he walked into Melbourne, and went into a restaurant. He confessed to a boy named Jacob that he was the bank robber, swearing the boy at the same time to secresy by threats, and produced a revolver. The boy told, however, and the prisoner was arrested. On the way to gaol he made a determined effort to escape, but was captured in Collins-street. A case of garrotting occurred in Little Collin-street on Friday. A gentleman was seized from behind and thrown down. Fortunately assistance came up, and the assailants fled and have not been captured. The police intend taking action against those getting up large sweeps, but not until the Cup is over. De Maringo, Italian Consul, has received a letter from Menotti Garibaldi thanking the people of N.S.W. for their sympathy with the family at his father's death.