PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 571, 28 July 1909, Page 6

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

.. 'mJ3ORROWING.'Nr - ,-,...-_, . ' (By Teleirraph.'-Bpccla! CorrHpondenU ■ ■■■■■"■*' M'almerston North, July 27. Yesterday's-poll proved a record one'for Palmerston, the question at issue • being a municipal'loan . proposal. Nevertheless the ■ bald figures, squarely looked at, seem to show a lamentable want of intelligent in,-.' terest on n lihWparf; r 'af /, ratepaydrs. v ' Only 614" out. of: 2490 entitled to vote recorded then opinion.., i r9|„|fpMe j ;, c fts I Ja a tri*, angular . issue,, .there were 'three. distinct parties' at'work :..(1) TKose,in-favour of both; waterworks' arid library, (2) those who opposed the library loan ana favoured" the-waterworks,- (3) those who-wcre?against both propositions.., The voting showed that.;. the*''general principle of borrowing was not favoured: by the : ratepayers, who vigorously' rejected both proposals'.-The Mayor-(Mr.'J. A.. Nash) ■ statc's.-a f proposal will • shortly bo submitted to the ratepayers ? to raise sufficient money to substitute the fifteen-inch ; water main .in place of the seven-inch pipes which nowform apportion of Hho waterworks system from the intake te town. ' ' , Tho secretary'of tbe Manawatu A. and,P. Association has received'intimation from tha Irish Terrier Club of -New .Zealand that tho; ■ following-iprjzos. h&va?been allotted for tho spring ;s.lum:—Trophy',.. for best'lrish terrier;' Bimilar trophy .for best „ Irish terrier p'uptfy'bitcK'..' In both cases th« trophies' a.re to be won twice ; before' becom-' ing the property of, the ; winner. :i ' ■ nA man,;named'Georeo. Edwards was ar; ~'. rested by ' Detective QuirkoV at/ Longburn this morning on a charge of forging the sta. tiohmaste'r'snamo to an order for a railways ticket to Wellington dated July 26. ■' .-•■ ,• The-Catholic Young, Men's Club held a very successful meeting last' evening, when . Mr; F. Whittaker. road a' paper on "Tim Life and Times.of Sheridan." Mr. v Whittaker snowed a striking familiarity.with his sub-.', joct; and. additional interest was added by the recital of a portion: of one; of Sheridan's . famous.plays, those taking,part;being Father . O'Bierne, and Messrs. Hanlon, Scaulon, and Oakley. ;' ' '"' "/';" S X; - v'„ ...'■'■'■■ '~:>, ■ A cafo r fracas on a'recent Saturday night ■culminated in'a Court casexyestofday,: when . Harry. Boqubt,; .hotel w,aiter ( C|arcnce O'Neill, jockey, and —. Cameron, flax, hand, were charged with participating :'■ in the fray. Cameron was fined '55. ; 'and ordered to pay\ ■ damages to the . extent of £5 for crockery, broken. Boquet was fined £2 10s.,for assaulting O'Neill, and .O'Neill' was ■ charged with assaulting Boquet' and another, but ' these latter cases were adjourned for a week.