GREYTOWN.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5048, 29 May 1877, Page 3

GREYTOWN.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

The Queen’s Birthday was kept up in this part of the district in a more loyal manner than I have ever before witnessed ; in fact, for the last year or two the people have thought proper to keep up eventful days more simultaneously, and not as before, when might be seen one shop opened and another closed, half the inhabitants working and the other half playing, and masters inquiring of each other whether they were going to give a holiday or not. As a consequence of there not being any recognised holidays things were in a most un - sociable state to what they are now. Last Thursday was a most beautiful day. All the shops were closed, and guns were fired continuously during the day in honor of her Majesty ; but rabbits, pigeons, &c.; would rather she had been honored in a more quiet manner. A pigeon-match at the Tauherinikau attracted a good deal of attention. Mr. ListerKaye carried off the first prize by killing all the birds allotted to his care ; the other competitors were of a more humane turn of mind. William Boyd, a carpenter, while riding home to the Wharekaka, accidently came in contact with a wire fence, which caused the horse to fall, and, his leg getting underneath, caused a severe fracture. Wire fences have been the cause of a great many broken bones and bruises, and though these fences hare been a great benefit, they have caused a certain amount of pain. The Waiohine was very high Friday night and Saturday morning ; but never affected Greytown in the slightest degree. It flowed down the new channel which has been out for it by the river conservators, as though that was the natural course Tor it. It is worthy of notice that forty men working on. the Waiohine channel have only made eight hours' work during the last fortnight, on account of the heavy rains keeping the river up above its usual height. A long felt want in the Greytown Post Office, in the shape of private boxes, will shortly be supplied by their erection. Enquiries have frequently been made of late about what has become of the Railway Route Committee and its indefatigable secretary. It would be interesting to learn from him, either through your columns or through those of his own journal, what he has done in this important matter.