THE COMMONWEALTH

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12266, 13 October 1902, Page 3

THE COMMONWEALTH

SOUTH MJSTBALU. AcsLiiss, Sunday. Escsired Oc'ob*r 2, i 56 p.:a. Tta ttit rains received for months are falling in tie drieit diitiictj of ths State. The prtcipitition already racgei frca tire--- l a3:ter= o! an inch to an in:h sr.d a quarter. In the Eisrß fiTcrad districts tte rail will enlure & fair harvta-, w'nile in tte drier p:rtioni, where farmers we-rs faced with ruin, it will &t least produea lead and flsur.

KEVT SOUTH VTALE3. SruysT, Saturday. A 3i-jear-cl<i caild got through the railings gcirdicg the Iba'i at the Z:o. Its grandfather ruihed np and reicaed it. Ihe lion pat one or its piiwi throag'a tho Ist;, grabbed the raan and street him with the other front p3», serionily tearing the £eih en his back in trying to him into the cage. Tee man wai res:n;d from the clutches of the lion with diSculty. The Cororatic-n, a cesr ketch parchased tor the N<=v Z«l«.*d trade, returned to port nith Ler main boom mapped. The veisel wai !=ai:n;», and the pamp wai defective. a*f?lTrf Cl-c: -r 12, i.'.'. *■. w. Saaday. iladiae ilelbi vjave a brilliant concert before an enthusiastic auiiencs in opening her Sydney seaioa latt night. Very heavy rain, aco.mpanied by thunder, is falling in the ci'y to-day. A strong icutherly gala with torrential rain prevailed ail day, and continned tilth ut abated force to-night. There U a heavy lei and the shipping are sheltering. l"i?e inches cf r.ia has fallen in Sydney sinca last night. At times rain fell at the of eight inches r.n hear. Some of tie bitlying inbnrbj taffered considerably from d:td water. So fir the rain is

only ccasta 1 . The police have been informed from Melbourne that Constable Johnson was shot dead while attempting to arrest a man who immediately shot himself dead. The latter is believed to have been Bhaw, wanted in connection with the murder of Constable Gnilfoile. No details are to hand. A. const .bio has left for Melbourne to identify the dead man.

Arrived, yeiternijlit—Waiksrs, «b„ bom Auckland.

VICTOEIi. Hilsoubxz, Saturday. The Federal Mision U«ted seventeen months and one day. It embraced 230 titling! cf the Home and ITS of the Benate. The cSrial record of the proceedings C33iprbes 17,000 pagea.

Enctby. Arrived—Honowai, 9 1, from Bla3. QUEENSLAND. Bi:iic.v:;z, Saturday. The Governor of New Caledonia U diepciod to make provision for landing time-eipired Kanaiai from Qa&ensland in New Caledonia if tha ism, for personal reaion;, desm it unnfe to return to their own iilsndj. Negotiations are prcojediag betvram the State Government and the Franca cjmul with regard to the mattar. Enndsy. Arrived to-night—Aorangi, s.a, from Yaaconver.