A heavy downpour of rain commenced at Wellington on Friday afternoon, and continued without cessation throughout the night. The low lying portions of the city were flooded by the terrific downrush of water. Tlie^Te Aro end of the city suffered most, and in several places the streets were torn up through the bursting of cnlverts. Kilbirnie and Newtown suffered : in some instances houses were flooded to a depth of three feet. The approach on the Wellington side of the Ngahuranga bridge was carried away and traffic was interrupted for the greater part of the day. A heavy land slip has taken place on the railway about four miles beyond Kaitoki, completely block ing the line. This is the heaviest fall of rain recorded in the same number of hours since 1864, with one exception, viz., during the night of the sth March, 1871, when 3 65 inches fell, and caused heavy floods. The weather is,,, still very boisterous.
