PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 707, 5 January 1910, Page 2

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

(Prom Our Special Correspondents) 1 -. MASTERTON. A large store-shed, owned by Mr. W« Corlott, m Bannister Street, was gutted by Sro yesterday afternoon The building nas used in connection with Mr. Corlett's stnbles, and chaff to the value of £501 was plso destroyed Tho adjoining stables ivero slightly burnt before » the brigade were able to copo with the lames The origin <of the fire is not known. The building, was insured for £80, and the stables for .£2O, both in--the Luernool and London and Globe olnce The stock was uninsured, An cpidcraio of whooning v cough is prevalent m Mastorton "Just , now, and within tho last ,wcck or so, Borao of the casos ha\e ended fatally. Tho infant son of Mr. and Mrs G. H Culleh \l i m st T,cflm fo " 10 complaint, tne death occurring yesterday morning. 7~~ l i ' GREYTOWN. '" . A man named John Henry Treson wae committed 'or trnl to-day on a charge of stealing 24s from the residence of Mr. Thomas Shan, of Greytown Wo ha\e experienced 6plendid weather during all tho Now Year holidays—quite a contrast to Christmas WOODVfLLE. Word has been received that Mrs Fum niss, an old resident 6f this town, who recentlj went Home, died shortly after reaching her relatives < , The date tficd for the t local A. and P. show—January 2G—is earlier in the year than that on which the show , has been previouslj held. The schedules are now out. „ i A ( number of , local men have left-, for ' the grass-seeding season in the south, where they have secured several large contracts. t ~\° Mr. Crowe lias purchased Mr. T H. Walker's jproperty on the Napier Road. ' Several of 'the local wool-grouers ale j attending tho Napier wool sales, this'" week It is hoped that the sale will " be as successful as was the previous • one Vory heavy winds made their presence felt here rceentlj, making havoc amongst the fruit gardens, and withering the' crops i OTAKIw - . -"", Rain fell on nine day? last month,' the total being 18Gin The maximum fall occurred on Deoember 81. Tor tho year jnst ended there was a total Ml of 43 73m , rain falling on 193 dajs Tor 1908 tho figures were 30S9m. * and 152 davs of rain , Dr nnd Mrs Futhwaite have returned ' t fiom Rotorua after an chjovable stay-' of a fortnight. Mrs Huthwaite is considenblv improved m health ' Indignation is being expressed , here at the action of tho Railway Department in determining that Otaki passengers shall not be allowed to travel bv the Auckland expresses, and a public i meeting has been convened to discuss tho mair- . ter i ' Mr Shaw, of tho ean'forium staff, has • been made tho recipient of a presentation from the inmates, as a mark of their esteem. , Mr C T' of Otaki has left on usit to Auckland V. t LEVIN. '' ' -\ What can scatcolj be called a' ioke wa& ■ perpetiated hst -«pek on a resideat in ( • tho Wereroa Road His wife and family ' were amy at for a holiday, and he.tiavellod the distance betnen his . business nnd that place,l>y bityde, leav-',, ■ ing the machine in tho bush about & mile or so fromUhe beach, , and doing the remainder of' tie journey on foot ovei 'ti>e looso eand ' l On returning to where he had left his machine he found it minus tho acetylen6 sas' - lamp, pumi>, and tool bag—in fact, every- , thing moveable on the bicycle had been ' taken away, and the tyres let down. [ Being unprepared for anything We thie, \ he had to trudge the intewenmg five , miles to Levin, wheeling tho disabled" ' ! bic\ole nil the waj., Further "coies in the Levm Bowjmi? Club's handicap singles tournamoril are v asf ollows —Kibblewhito (owes 2), beat Robertson (% 32—li, Marriott (2) beat Heas--1 man (fi), 35—11; Robertson (9) beat Heas- " man (6), 32-18; Smart <4\ beat Galll- ■ ohan (4), 24—22; Galhohan (4) beat Heas-' man (6), 25—23 Marriott is leading with twelve wins and no losses to his oredit."