PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 585, 13 August 1909, Page 6

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY

-;■ '. .(By, Tolesraph.-Speclar Correspondent) Palmerston Worth, /August 12. :'Tliero are at present-.28 irimatos in the All Saints' Children's Homo.. : . The\Te'chnicd School.,Sports;.Club has decided to put 'two - cricket • ; ln': the field during the'ooming .Reason; Drs. Wilson,' Martin, and M'lntyro. -have befln; -to 'the; local: hospital staff. ■ i;;;Bstosiyer',Wfe^ioris':i : iare contemplated -; r '.witkjespect'^ /.: tiph,:; : amohg the, improvementsbeing an : «*-' .. .'tension of.-.the' building to .its full ..width to the edge'of. Main Street. ..Tho present open- ;' ing :the buUdingsYwill' be- done away With and. the. spaed, built upon, thus providing •further-niuch-necded accommodation.' ; 'A .."children's--'conceit ■ pirty,' > comprising Misses M'Donald (4), Master Misses, Butler, and Masters Palmer (2), went to Kairanga last night, anjd gavo an entertainment m the hall there, : in aid ;of the . funds of All Saints' Children's Homo. Thero was. a very.;largo, audience, and a programme : of songs, fancy dances, etc., was given. At , the - conclusion of .-tho' concert, the Rev. C. C. Harper .thaTikedrthoseiprosent rfor th'eir at-tendance,-and : tho -Kairanga ;Hall l Committee for the use-of the hall. A danco followed. As a' re'sult .of .tho entertainment, tho home' -' will -b&nofit .to : the extent oi between ;£8 and ■■ £10.: Tho Palmerston branch of tho Woodlands Hunt Club wound. up the season yesterday .afternoon-by.holding; point-to-point steeplechases. Great interest was taken in the events, and a considerable number of specta- ■ tors 'assembled to .witness 'them. • A; splendid course was obtained over tho property of Mr. J. A. Mitchell, .at Longbum, and some fin© • fencing was witnessed. The heavyweight division.ran on a-course' of three miles for a silver cuj). : which; was won by Mr. W. Buick's <; Brown-Ribbon (owner up), Mr. J. L. Buick's Wisdom (owner up) being second. The light- '..\ .weights'J.courso.vras' half a mile shorter,;the prizes, being a silver-mounted fruit bowl and " a hunting crop. The first prize wont to ' Mr. A. Buick's Hai Errin, Mr. Greon's Outlaw securing; tho 'hunting orop. Both events were very interesting and good sport. ; , ■ -■