AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 113, 8 April 1884, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(BY EI/ECJTRIO TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) . (NEUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) Melbourne, April 7. Tfye W^iravapa- Adelaide enquiry was resumed-tnis morningy altogether, "there are 17 witness^ fi'oni:the* Adelaide and 18 from the Wairarapa to be examined.' Obitnary— Judge Macfat'laiuL v : The' ■persons wounded by' the recent railway' 1 accident are all progressing fkvovabfy "to wards recovery. ' i Mbmbeis of "Board of Enquiry have inspected the scene of the disaster* ' V .'.'" '-.-:' Later. The Adelaide-Waimrapa, enquiry was continued. Popham, chief officer "df'tlie 'Wairavapa, stated that the Waitarapa did not wait for the Adelaide and declared that the WairavajJa •• steamed splendidly 'ami kept a straight course and tha*; the Adelaide ya«'ed~about. His evidence was corroborated by the third mat^e, Ander-| sorii - : v'u ' •' ■' : " ' ''' •'■ " '; , ; .;.:..., H! ...... . Sydney, April i7. ! , Heavy rain /fallen pretty; generally ; tli rough out tbe colony and empty d&ms ! have .bs^n.'; replenished. ;Tbe .dowun pejurin Sydney being ; exceptionally Heavy, fully 10 inches haying been recorded since '4th, parts of the city were flooded and some damage resulted.. . Bishop Barry preached at the Anglicau Cathedral yesterday, his sermon was f .. most ? eloquent, _. ; and lie inadd special reference the late Priuce Leopold. , . , , „ . .; 0.,(j ;„ • 1 Ati" ! Hawkesbury. facing Club's Autumn Meeting, on Saturday. The H andicap .was by. ■ Express with , Phyllis -secp'od, anil Sardonyx third. ; Twelve Horses started J=r Fmprsss t w.aa thft i fTivonte'ah'd won easily. Maiden Plate ! was won by Bargo.