NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5760, 4 May 1880, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

THAMES, Monday. Heavy rain has fallen during the day, and in consequence the water-supply is considerably increased, and there is a prospect o£ keeping the batteries going more regularly. HAMILTON, Monday. Inspector Runciman, with a veterinary surgeon, will visit McNiccol's farm at Ohaupo to-morrow. It is expected that one beast at least will be killed. NEW PLYMOUTH, Monday. The Native Minister is expected to leave here to-morrow or next day for Opunake. WELLINGTON, Monday. The new Thorndon school was opened this afternoon by His Excellency, who made a Jong and interesting speech congratulating the committee on the state o£ the schools, and advocated the reading of the Bible in the schools. The Government have decided to open the Post-office Savings Bank from p.m. to 7.45 p. m. on Saturdays. This is done as an experiment to ascertain what benefit the working men will derive from such extension. A boy, name unknown, aged 13, was drowned off the Queen's Wharf to-day, He was fishing, lost his hold, and fell in. His cries were heard, but on persons proceeding in the direction from whence they came, nothing could be found. The body has not yet been recovered. CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. W. F. Neilaon, well-known in cricketing circles, died yesterday. He had been extremely ill for some time, and his death was daily expected for some weeks pa^t. A youug man named Patrick Mulling, in the employ of a farmer at Green Park, was driving two horses and a dray from Christchurch, and when passing the Junction Hotel at Hats well the leading horse swerved, Mnllins jumped down to turn him, but tripped and fell. One wheel passed over his head, killing him instantaneously.