JOTTINGS FROM PROVINCIAL CENTRES.
(From Our tipcoiaj Oorrespondants.) PALMERSTON. A motor-car knocked down a boy cj clist at the corner of Duko nnd Broad rftroots yesterday, badly bruising the rider and buckling his cyclo. Miss Mary I'roetor lectured to the Philosophical Society on Tuesday eveumg, mentioning, inter alia, some curious logends about stars. Siio said that uio Maoris' conception of the Southern Cross was a stingray, and what nstronomors called the "coal sack" was tho plaoo where Maoris believed that Maui vanished after fishing; up Now Zealand. Miss Proctor /passed on to say thai astronomical study was very widespread in New Zealand, and many peoplo possessed observing telescopes. A claim arising out of the removal of tho coffee stall, which makes Palmerston's Square picturesqua at nights, was heard by Mr. Poynton, S.M., oil Tuesday. A. M. Berg-ersen, carrier, claimed £1 Is. for moving is to and fro at variou stimos. O. Smith, tho owner, counter-claimed for damage, ir. collision with a post Bcrgersen's alleged negligence. His Worship gave judgmont for £1. Is. and costs on tho claim and 9s. and costs on tho counterclaim.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1899, 6 November 1913, Page 11
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184JOTTINGS FROM PROVINCIAL CENTRES. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1899, 6 November 1913, Page 11
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