PALMERSTON NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 409, 19 January 1909, Page 7

PALMERSTON NEWS.

(FBOSI; pDB ..'ePECIAIi cbBBESPpNDENT.j

.;; The: annual meeting :of the 1 Eoiigodea District Athletic Club .was held , , on/- Saturday. :hight, Mr. ..James--Penney: presiding.Vi'-TJie j report-. sh<iwed ; .that 'avTery.'Euccessful! year hail beeri'exporienccdj'and from "thebalancesheet ■;it: ■B'as;ascertained /that' :there- ,was a' credit, balance, of '£21 8s:. :Bd. ATh'e: following-' officers for. the.erisuing year were'elected':— P,atron, .Sliv: E.. Newman,' M.P.; Mr.;' James vice-presidents/: Messrs. :Whisk<sy:Ransoni; Bottcher,'.Hopping, 'Lumsfloh;. Gust,.; Hamnidnd,- Jaryis -(2),. Davis,' ■La'scnby,- Connor, and iTurner; secretary, Mr.; . J." : Amesbury; treasurer ji Mr! James 'Penney; auditor; ;llr.' C.'H; Bowater;"starter! Mr.'. J; .Whisker;; "hahdicapper,-'/Mr'.v ■■J. - Collingwood. It; was", to hold the/: sports on > the ;third 'Wednesday ,• in; February. ;'■' ;,;; '//. :■ Mr;' Simms; Government pqmologist,"states' that: spraying operations during the present, , season.have, been most not only; iofficial's.'pOiut'of yiew/but.also'to; brcliavdists. : .All- commercials growersf'liayo their: trees, and fully 75 per ceiit. of. 'tho 'private : prbhardists:' have .given • thoir '■' or- ■ ■ charcls thQ, necessary bath. '' Some' of; tho big growers, etatd that; they .thatviiot T por ■. cent. ; (and they aro • certain "■ not-.'. 2 V pet'. ' cental'of'moth, could-be.fpiind intheir-tree's ;this; year. The■.pnlyjfaiilt;from.'officialdom'is :ih .connection 'with '• gardens where'.there- are 'My ;,two ,or\- three trec3j' owners 'of seenr.to think; that; thoy arc .hot affected }\sj.. the Act. ■'■ however, affected,to'the extent of ; "spraying.or cutting' doyrii, 'and.the officials, intend :'insistingi:upon a choice, being made; "... ■.■'■•?"'-,■ >:' . ■'■ • ;:-'- ; ■■■'. '■-v , .■'•'■':;■; ■.' :i----;:i\ A : ;mooting^of :of v'KomakcP; Pohangina ; branch of;-.the ■■ -'Farmers'- Union '. was [.hold at Koiuako,''dn Saturday afternoon! It -wasdecided : to. 'hold the annual: picnic: in , ,tho -Eorest/ Reserve, 'Komakoy-on Saturday,. 'February-.- 20.V A large ■ committee 1 , .'.with Mr.. Hy;;, ; Smart!'as' hon';- secretary and , treasurer, ;iyas elected to.'make thei necessary, : arrange-'. mdnts. , : ■'" - : ■■'.';'■■ ■ '".;■?.': '.'■ '''.■'■-■' , -.': : -'"^'■•:."•';'■' rf-'.. ■'■;■;;

v : : Mr. James I :Stevens,'-''assistant'irispectPr of post: proposes shortly to .'take' up his .residence' in-Palmcrstbn : . Nof.tli'.■'.' instpad'.- of ;HaworaV ; , .- y\ f^.(:■■'% )y-':-'.\- fe ; .''" ; '-:'*■;'-

/The: residbnop. and '> grounds, , .jformerly Piyhed • Ky:'-;', Mr:-.i: Mathesori .'■'.-' were;: '■' ltahded ovbr; -,to' the" .Sisters' -yoi vMercy;: yea'tor:day;(_...and; -pending:; .the'; arrival.' : of ~ thb Patrician'; Brothers; for .'.whose ..lise :it -was .purchased, will bo used ; : :: as -a , 'G-ifls'.iHigh. Sohfipl- .Vnrioui , alterations are 'to' be : niado to;(.lio .IniildingSj-imd' thb school *ill be for- , : imally'o'Jßned.oh.Monday iiie'xt.'lt-.is'uiidor-j stood- , that,'.wheri-.th.o.Patrician. Brothers, ar-' : r.iVo',f' 'tho.i'building ; ; will; ■be 1 used 'as '■ a 'boys' school as was.,'at. first intended. '■' •'" - ...;.-;

.; The wool'whichVwas classed at-Mr. Akers's 'wpblshed -by -thb students , of tho wool' classes ih.connectian. with.tho Palmerstoh Technical Schbpl'.was' sold-a'f thßirefcerit .Wellington. salos;fpr, 10d, per lb.' ! for class/A;: , 9d. :for. ■class:'B, ; . and,Bd. ; for;class C.": ltis:rathbr:a ■pity .that some 'ii'nclassed.'wool'from the-samo .shed-was.hpt sold "at the samp, time,' so that' Ca. comparison ; could- be "made in prices. , ; '■-, >;:., :• . ■'<■ Mr ; R:. Tanner',! of Longburn,. has'what'isprpbably- the' record'crop' of "Algerian , - oats this year.-,;: fie. has 'just '.finished; threshing,; aiid: the: crop from Some-.thirty acres has panned ouKat'9o. bushels per acre. 1 "' This'is "all thb more , remarkable when Jit/is' , taken'.lnto-.con-sideration that Algerian oats ai'o finer, l than' many. , of; tho; kinds sown;, and ■do liot,-■'■'. as' a ruloj yield so .heavily as;coarser.kinds'. l "The faverage-.yield per acre for! oats: is'.roughjy. be-; t\y<scn/SO. and ,40 bushols" p'ei'':aoro. '.:'.■'.,■ '; r;