INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14800, 2 January 1919, Page 5

INTERPROVINCIAL.

■. ■>; l per Press Association J 1 AUCKLAND, this day. .... Lieutenant-Colonel -Patterson, officer commanding the' ; Aaickland^district, was found, dead m bed .this .morning, aged 56 years. Hehad.been connected with military affairs m Auckland ; for 1 , thirty years. He. was formerly m command of the Auckland Garrison Artillery, and later of the .coast defence troops. On •the outbreak of war he took charge of tlie mobilisation of coast defences, and continued m command. Colonel Hume was appointed to command the Wellington district three years ago, when Lieut. - Colonel Patterson succeeded to the com- , anand. j WANGANUI, this day. ( ! The number of deaths registered m Wanganui arising from influenza or complications during November and December total 104. Steady tain fell, spoiling the holiday yesterday. .. , . WELLINGTON", this day. A wireless from th© Oha/thams this morning states there is no trace of the Aryan's missing boat. Consequently the Hinemoa -loaves for Chatham* at 9 o'clock io-niight to search., ..-,.. (Special to tbe Herald.) OHRISTCHURCH, this day. The New Year was ushered m very quietly, there being the least demonsti'ation seen m recent years. The whole city' was remarkably . orderly, m the earty part of the night, and at midnight J)olls, crackers, and other noises were a, large extent missing.