AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4859, 8 March 1887, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

II [PEE HAEABOA AT THE BLTTfi'.] I [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ' I Mei_otj_n?e, March 2. ■ A severe rainfall and thunderstorm ■ occurred on Saturday. The rainfall in ■ Melbourne at 11.15 in the morning was ox- ■ ceptional. Two-tenths of an inch' fell in ■ ten minutes. Several low-lying parts of ■ the city wore submerged. The tower of the ■ George Hotel, St. Kjlda, was struck by ■ lightning, and several cases of accidents ■ are reported. The storm was felt with •violence all over the colony. I Sir Henry Parkes returned to Sydney on ■ Saturday. During his stay he had a lontr ■ interview with Mr Speight; Chairman of ■ the Railway Commissioners' Association. ■ The New South Wales Government intend ■adopting the Victorian system of control of ■railways. .S~-—L^. m_ The United Fire Brigades' demonstration ■has been proceeding for the past ■the city is thronged with men. Contents of ■various kinds have taken place BSM ot lur iK G e * h j. bition of MrF.G. WoWs, of sheep-shearutg ■at Messrs GoldsbrSugh's woo/storaj hZ ■attracted a. good deal of | ±he> Government have yet taken no formal ISw T^ 6 of the QuS I Jubilee, but the exhibitibn building will be SiployiSf 9Ver 300 ° l„^ dl !. eaßehas^brokenoufcaln ongthecattle I at Dandenong Creek, which, the Stock lao|th^: CnbeSaS a -f-e form/of leaves for England to-morrow, to «s£k novelties for next season • engage, f uif affit f *T C 0 wdtedon th-1 - ral d ?P ttta tio"s have 31 "le premier, who recently returned from Victoria. They ask far »ifS stipulating, however, that „e?wa^ es shall not be less than Os for a day's wfrk Sir Henry Parkes replied he would not interfS withpnvateemployers of labor such Wh rates, but would find those who really desired it ~ te l A£f ßt «? that - the G ° wmment intend > to devote this session as far as possible to financial matters, and that L*n probably be introduced afan „S^t c f-dV" 6 wiU be m »de shortly toesatoW_KTT.«r_: &'_%V&sra.__ Sflwork? o^^ 111 *? W8 exhibition of SrSkri^T ha ? been-handed to the Heavy rain* has fallen for the last W