PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1334, 11 January 1912, Page 7

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

(From. Our Special Correspondents.) . . ■ -» ' ' GREYTOWN. ' Greytown is. to lie the headquarters of ■ BattaHon of the 9th Regiment, with Major Charters in command. The officer named is the headmaster of the local High School. The gey. ,J. W. Webster, Chinese rmssioner, is staying in Greytown ' with friends, and proposes giving a lecture here shortly on the Chinese questions, -fiow that tho weather is more settled, local bowlers are putting in a lot of practice in view of 'several competitions whicli are to tako place shortly.. ' ' .Mr. W, Tilson, of Tawaha-, is to judge the horse events at the Farmers' TJnion 6how at Eketahuna on Anniversary !Day. n -Borough Council lias received their gfapt of from tho Government m connection with the Coronation baths. i CARTERTON, A quarterly summoned meeting of the Rechabite Lodge was on Mondav evening, Bro. I'. E. Tyler, C.R,, presiding' Officers wero elected as follow:—C if Bro, T. W. Poster ; D.R., lJro. \V. H. Partridge; Secretary, Bro. D. T. King; Treasurer, Bro. J. Preddy; C.S., Bro. IV Stevens; 8.5., Bro. P. King; L. and G.j hro, E. King; delegates to Friendlv Societies Council, Bro. W. Stevens and D J; King. • •: " ' "On Tuesday morning, : ono of- Mr. T. J, liathbone s five-hor'se timber wagons wont through the road - near tho ' platform bridge, at Greytown. At the time of the occurrence Mr, G. Ireland was driving with a full load, when, without wamin' r one Qf the wagon wheels went down.- Jnyestigation showed ■ that a lo«, buried under, the road for many years, had'decayed, and left a thin crust of macadam unsupported; A party of men with jacks was sent from Carterton to remedy mattors. At the Carterton Police Court on Wednesday, before Justices of the Peace W. A.' Herrick was convicted of drunkenness while in charge of a horse, and t fined 10s. An application for a prohibition order was: also made against him, f>ut the application was adjourned for three months. ' ■ OTAKI. While a Maori, lad on horseback was galloping along Jubilee Road on Tuesday evening, his steed became unmanageable, iind careered madly for some distance' eventually unseating its rider, and precipitating hjm on to tho road. Tho boy was shaken and bruised, but fortunately escaped serious injury. A large-number of Maoris from the Bay of Islands congregated at the residence of lleni te Rei, tho leading chieftajiiess of Otaki, and hold a korero lasting several hours. Speeches on matters relating to tho welfare of the race woro discussed. On Tuesday, Mr. Allan Sims, manager of the Eeikorangi sawmill, was admitted to the local hospital, having injured Ms hand through contact with the cogs of a 'wheel. One finger was broken and tho ( hand badly bruised, FEATHERSTON. The Motorists' Association is preparing to commence the erection of "a bridge - across Abbott's Creek on the Eimutaka Road. It is anticipated that, when the bridge is completed, the motor traffic across the hill will increase. A well-known resident of Featherston, named John Lawry, died in tho Wellington Hospital on Tuesday night, after a long illness. Deceased, who was about 67 years of age, was a brother of the lath Mr. Thos. Lawry, of Fentherston, and had been-a goldminer in Australia and New Zealand for many years. Ho was a native of Cornwall (England).