LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1397, 24 March 1881, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

+ [NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.]' Dunedin, March 22. The Governor left Queenstown this morning, and reached Dunedin at halfpast five o'clock. He will attend the Caledonian Sports to-morrow. March 23. The Governor inspected the harbor to-day, then attended the Caledonian sports, and left for Tiraaru at 4.15. Christchurch, March 22. Michael Hart, brother of George Hart, of the Press newspaper, slipped in front of the theatre to-night and broke his leg. March 23. BancimWs offer having been rejected by the Education Board, he intends to give free reading to the school children on his way back, and has engaged a hall for this purpose; At the inquest on the child killed by a tram car,, the medical evidence showed that the skull was fractured-, which caused death by pressure of bl'ddd on the brain. The verdict was " accident tal death" simply. Wellington, March 23. Miss Pratt, who is now manager of the Female Refuge at Dunedin, has besn appointed matron of the Asylum here. Rain is wanted badly, as the water in the reservoir has now reached the unusually low depth of 25ft. This is the loWest depth registered any previous year. His Excellency returns from his southern trip on Friday. At a meeting of Mr F. W. Mills's creditors this afternoon-, it was unanimously resolved to grant the debtor his immediate discharge. The little steamer Mchaka, which was stranded at Blenheim, has been launched and arrived here to-day to undergo repairs. Auckland, March 23". The Rev. Joseph Berry, late immigration agent, was a passenger by the Sydenham. He proceeds to Nelson, where he has been stationed by the Conference. The Friendly Societys' demonstration-, instead of benefitting the funds of the charitable institutions of that city, ohowed a deficit of £ls. Detective Jeffrey pounced on a lottery drawing at J. Dal ton, Victoria street, and carried off the lottery boxes. Burke, who disappeared from his claim at Coromandel, was found crouching in the bnsh.