AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2868, 29 November 1890, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(BV DLEUTKU; TliLEflßArjl. —COI'YMOUT.) Syiinky, November 27. A scjsxk ol' tt somewhat sensational character l ook place in tlio Theatre Hoynl to-niglil. It appears that ft seaman named Payne, belonging to one of the British .warships in the harbour, who was apparently under the influence of liquor, several times disturbed the performance, and at the end of the act the doorkeeper remonstrated with him. Payno thereupon re-entered the theatre, jumped on the stage, and drawing a revolver shot himself seriously in the groin. The position regarding the rubbit pest is daily becoming alarming, as they are now swarming in millions along the Lachlan, Darling and Murrumbidgee Eir?js, eating up all before them. Adelaide. November 27. The Constitution Bill, which provides for the appointment of two additional Ministers, one for Labour and one for Agriculture, has passed the second reading in the House of Assembly. November 28. The total exports of cereals for the year show an increase in value of £85,000 over the exports of the previous year, Hobaht, November 28. Arrived: The Taraivcra, from the Bluff. The cattle she had on board for this port were not landed, owing to the quarantine station not being completed. They were sent on to Melbourne. Perth ("W.A.),. Novembor 27. The Defence Commission have' completed the inspection of the defences of King George's Sound, and as the result of their deliberations a cable lias been sent to Kngland for a number of guns. .Sir F. T. Sarguod will attend to the details in connection with the defcueo works.