Lately the clouds have more than once threatened to discharge their contents, but as yet the weather though somewhat cooler still remains dry. Llaiu would be a boon to a great manj r people whose wells and tanks are dry, besides acting beneficially on the country and stock which suffer from the long prevailing drought.
We regret to learn that on returning from Gh-eytown to Wellington, when near the Upper Hutt, Mr Blackett, the Assistant Engineer under the General Government, and Mr Baird, the Provincial Engineer, had their trap capsized, and sustained some injury which however was not of a serious character. It is not so long since Mr Baird met with a serious accident in the Manga pikcha Valley through his horse falling with him, the effects of which remained a long- time.
