PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 692, 17 December 1909, Page 3

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

'' ' (From'OuT 'Sdmlo! Oorresponaentt.) "■'.'• '''"-"/VvV:J -~---.• ' . : PA H ,ATU A.; -..' ,:;>'- : V/>'^,?.{.l .General regret ', whs expressed in town yes- ~r!-''H terday- ( morning, when it became known-that \ .-\>j Mr. D. Crease, who unstained a: serious, acci- ■'•/;;';' ;j] dent through; the upsetting of a gig oh tho :\|,| Pahiatua flangatarnoka Road,- hod .passed' ■:/■'ij away. From particulars gathered from Con-; ;... 3 stable May, it appears that Mr. Crcaso was;;-,'■;;•■; driving along at a fair pace, when his hat . ; : k .< blow off. In.attempting to pull up ; the hbrso, '■,:'■'.':■-{% ho drew it to.the.side of tho'road. In doing : ! : ;'| so, the wheel grazed" a',small stump,. about ! 18', inches to/21 inches high, arid this overturned ,>';;'=j tho vehicle,' Mr. Crcaso being dragged along ;.v.-.ii the ■■ road some 20: yards. 'Constnblo May. and\,'a others were, soon on tho scone, and every as-, ;.!i;"j sistanco was. rendered, tho,injured man being ■;>;', xonvoyed to"tho ,Pahiatua Hospital. Ho did ,|.:-; not, regain consciousness.. '■'. v-. ,- : ' ?> ;<J ■;■-The,concert hcld.in tho Olympic Theatre last"V-'XI evening, in aid of.the Pahiatua District High .S ;i School, was very: well attended, and tho various •' j action songs and. drill- items given bv tho '■•<-:'"-\ children did credit to their ■ teachers-Misses ,;; :v ft btormont, and Marten, and Mr. White-Scott. ~':,; Several glees also were' rendered by tho' glee ..-.''.!'i party, consisting of Mesdnmcs Burgess and >"3 Osbrun-Inlly,Misses Burgess (2), and Messrs. A■■£■:>. v 11* r --M nn '.fold, G. A. Burgess, and; iiccloton. The last-named'singbr was in splen-'"N.'-V! (lid form, and had to respond, to', a' vigorous -'■''.■y'';']\ encore for. rendering -of "The Skipper.". : it'# Miss M. Malcolm > pleased tho audience' with'a- ■! "H ; violin solo, and also had to makoV; second :.:ij,S appearance.',-;,.;..;-■ '~,;.,-. ■■ '... ..:.:•..• >-:..■ . ■I'io .Presbyterian 'Sunday School anniversarr -i;'l social, . hcld/iii'St.-Paul's'Church on ; . evening, was very successful, and a good-pro"- "Sa Briimmo-' of. .songs,""recitations, ;and. musical" :, %'i items was,rendered.by the scholars.. - l -'-i| i'-,,'-' a ' "Jfobnß'pf'.-tho Pohiatua, Racing: Club,n-'i bold on Tuesday evening, Messrl. E. B, Hare, -' -; V. grosser, and; W. W; MrCardlo were apponted a sub-comniitteo' to carry out certain : v'S* wll ous to the,,racecourse, and Mr. J.'■ -d AUlden -was,: appointed racecourse" detective." W---'~i Other appointments for the meeting on Jnnu.S'Vv ary 12 and I.V wero . as followi-Blackboard lr ffa T\' d, i, M , r ,l H " Earaes; ■'totalisator steward,- 'WZ t ■■u.n .. H ? ro; bookmakers'' steward,. Messrs. ■: 'J. M Cardie, and A, MTarlanoj Messrs Haro,' ':;,'-:; J.,Johanson,j\nd Caselborg to lcad'in the first, :-:;s? second/ and third horses respectively. ". ' "" '.'"'--■'