When.do you expecb to arrive in New Zealand j your Excellency ? s Weil, I really do nob know for certain, but so far as I can see at presenb it will be about the first week in June. . *

ACCIDENT IN CUSTOMS STREET.
An accidenb which might havo ended in more serious, resulba happ.enied ; last nighb aboub half - paab ten ! o'clock in Customs - street. Ib appears thab ab the time mentioned one of Mr J.: Martin's 'buses was returning from the Opera House with a full comple ment of passengers, and when .after; round ing from Queen-street into Customs-street, ib accidentally collided with a dog cart driven"" by Mr Arthur Fernoy burgh, with the result that one of the 'bus horses was knocked down, while J. McGafferty, the driver,, was thrown from ; his seat to the ground./ One wheel of tha 'bus passed over his rierhb ankle, inflicting, severe . injuries. McCafferby pluckily held'on to tho reins, .while Mr'Kil foyle, one of the passengers, pub on the'bus brake,' thus preventing the other 'two horses..in' the ' 'bus which had become frightened, from bolting. There %vas a.' great scare among the . passengers inside the 'bus, but those :in front jumped off with two exceiptionß.
