NEW ZEALAND.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 8660, 24 October 1896, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

(By Telegraph.) Disappearance. PAHIATUA, October 24. William H. McPhail, a livery-stable-keeper here, who has been suffering for some weeks with rheumatic fever with accompanying delirium, disappeared from his home at daylight this morning. The weather being exceptionally wild, the worst is feared. McPhail was Avell known on the west coast of the youth Island. A Heavy Rainfall. WELLINGTON, October 24. The rainfall between 7 and 8 o’clock last night was 1.20 inches, which is the heaviest but one recorded during the last thirty-two years. The record fall occurred some years ago when 2 inches fell in an hour and a half. Last night’s storm was severely felt at the Hutt and Pet One, where the main streets were all under water. A considerable amount of damage was done in the City, warehouses, business premises, and private residences being flooded, owing to the volume of water being so great that it could not find a speedy outlet either from the roofs or through the drains. The Kaikoura. The Kaikoura left Monte Video on Thursday for London, all well. A Ric’a MineINVERCARGILL, October 24. Returns from the Morning Star reef at Preservation Inlet grow richer as the work progresses. The yield received to day for a month’s crushing from 310 tons of stone was 498 ounces, valued at £2150. For under a year’s work £11,600 sterling has been won.