AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 301, 22 November 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

• : (Per^TS Anatt at the^liife^'' 1 I j • (Wrai'jb PBE'ssAskoc^ibN::) i ; ' ;1 MfiLBJURNB, J^oVeiiiber 13: ■■"*• \ The Prince : 6f Wales'' Birthday Iwas i celebrated m tho usual manner b f excufsiona, bat m the afternoon torr|ent3 f .of rain canfe on, illi;§nQhii|g;^hpj plea- ; si^rera^elwr^, $n4|lop.a^ng,.th,e lpw-lyfp'g; ; parts of .the, taso.* v*u * A ,. ;^opai*. j washed away m attempting 16 crd^s JElizabeth-street, w_as_only rescued with difficulty. A cab andThorse were t ;w|al(^d>bput twenty'; [the ! cab' 1 being smashed. _ J w f f-'ii: j-f The dinner tf>ii\^e, : ;Mayp i r|^» c JPridi4y was one; pf. tU&niQs^*iq»p ( Qsspg ever 'held ;^^[fil^^S^W^|^ d ! Grpjviafnora of T^ismani^ aiia/^outh Au»- V stralia and nicajfyers of tJjieiyJQTe^nflaent and Legialature. V „' '[ I j|V O '^¥B!*s*? November I*3. Disgraceful "noting' -Occurred during the^r^men'^pi^ice'ssibibhPriday nigjit Matfy Valuable windows were broken by stone-throwing. $ome of the leadera of the disturbances have been fined. ,^ The Balmaiu Regatta on Friday Was' largely Attended, aud the* tttcttt&i was good.. E. T/icketj; :s ßea6b7 iin a ; scuUin| coniest. 1 '■ * ' ; ; . . ' IBiusBAXE, November 13.-^^ 1 A terrific s6orin ha 3 occurred atl Tdorj -woontba. On Sunday morning it *wasintensely hot. In the afternoon a gale ; set m wiih teisifio;ligQ,tning aiid thunder. At 4 o'cleek-the storm culminated f . in a cycipne, j.qf ;;wiiioh 'I^qwooml|ai was the centre. amount of clam^gej was done. ThfiLgasworks were destroyed," and, the^managei;, Mr Martia buried undei' tons of masonry and killed. Qeorge Moieton, atireman in,the same wxn*ks, was seriously , ; injui'eji;v Many, buildings wero deniqlishedj v ropj^ blown off, chiumeys destroyed,, and .it is belieyed iituch damage, has been -done to outside districts.