PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 604, 6 September 1909, Page 9

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

(Hy CorrcsDnndcn t.) Palmorston North, September 4. Lieutcnant-Culonel J. R. Purdy, of tho Hutt, has consented to givo a lecture at tho meeting of tho Officers' Club , in Palmersfcon on Wednesday next, tho subject being: "Camp and Field Sanitation." Tho lecturo ia being given by tho special request of the local officers.

At. the sale of work in .All Saints' Schoolroom on Thursday afternoon, in aid of tho (Jhildron's Home, a sum of £19 was raised.

I In Chambers this morning,'on tho application of Mr. J. Herbert Hankins (of Haiikins and Lockhart, Ktzhorbcrt), Ins HonourJudgo Cooper mado an order directing the. sofvicQ of an originating summons upon, all the beneficiaries' under", the will of tho Into William Osborne, of Karanga, farmer, to bo rctumablo, on October 22, 1909. The suinmans (inter alia) asks for tho appointreont of Mr. Walter Rutherford as "a co-trustee I with Mr. Hankins in tjio estate.: . ■ i At the Awahuri .Dairy Factory, yosterday, the chairman of directors, on b"oha,lf of tho J suppliers, presented Mr. C. J. Parlano, tho manager, with a tea servico,. in connection 'with his .recent marriage. In making tho ■presentation, the chairman made compli-. niontar.y reference to the splendid work dono in tlio factory by Mr. Parlano, and .expressed the hope that-his services .would belong retained by the company, , as everything..undor his management had been highly satisfactory to the suppliers and directors. , Mr. Parlane was recently married to Miss Sanson, -daughter of Mr. Henry Sanson, of ■■"'..■ . . ', ■

..The.'elocutionary competitions to bo held on September 23 promiso to eclipse last year's. Mr. F. D. Opie, the director, has received entries from Napier, Kimbbltbn, and Foildingi as well as from local aspir'anta. A team from the Technical School, consisting of Messrs: J. C. Young and R. H. Billcns, will'contest an impromptu debate', with Messrs. Whittaker and Scanlon, of. tho Catholic Young Men's Club. For the oration competition 'Messrs. ;,.A. V. Burnard, J. Young, K. Cobb.L.'HMlon, B, H. Billcns, «nd Tuly are.tho competitors. The.various sections of the recitation competitions havo also received good entries as follow:—Humorous;i Messrs. Pliver, Cs Smith, Paqualin, ;MisEC3 Tonlu, Pole, Barker, and Mesdames Stahton and' Gilchrist. Dramatic and ■descriptive: Messrs. Paqualin, Scanlon, A'erry, Pole, Misses .Mailman,. P.ole, and Mrs. Gilchrist. Pathetic: Messrs. Pole, Oliver, Smith, Hatch, Halo, Paqualin, Misses Barker, Shield, Martin, Jamieeon, ami Mrs. Gilchrist.' A gold medal'has been given by the proprietors of tho "Standard" as 1 first prizo for tho oration. Tho Dresden Piano Company have douated «v trophy fortho choir oompetition, and' Messrs; H., Bennett and T. B. Hodder trophies for the impromptu . speech and, recitation sections. ; - . ; ; After o protracted hearing and rehearing, the Special Jury yesterday came to a decision in'tho land transaction ciko; Thomson V. S. S. Mason, and awarded plaintiff Dugald Thomsonj, £800 damages. . It will be ,romornbered that. plaintiff brought a-property from defendant at Manakau, and afterwards discovered, that a 65 sere swamp was inoluded in it. Be claimed tliat defendant bad misrepresented tho fnots about tto : boundary qf tho property, stating that tho.swamp was not ' included. The oridouce turned mainly an this, one point, tho jury being asked to rpsciud'the, contract for.purchaio, .or , in the alternativo! to giyo' what ■'.-. damages; they thought' fit.; After counsel .'had addtessed thOjjury, and his Honour had summed- up, tho ■ jury retired; and after an hour's delib-. oration returned the 'following answer to-the i6stics..submitted:—Did tho! defendant make tho fiUtemonts -which the plaintiff says ho did with regard to this norttiorn and western boundaries of his property?— Yes. Did thp plaintiff ,agroe to purchase Vthn property; in reliant on the-said statomonts?—Y<ss; "Wore tho ..said statements untrue?— Yes. .Did tho 'defendant when :ho made tho : statements know-them to bo untrnq, or did ho,; make ■t-heni without any belief in their truth, and. ; careloss. .whether.,- they woro trun or not?— Yes. ...What damages.'(if any) is tho' pkintiif ontifclodrto rficovor-R-T-igOO. ,'Mr; W,.:H-.-,G. Mbor'6 moved for judgment oh thcvfindings of tho :jury, and Mr.' Young, iof defendant,' asked' loavo to appeal for n now trial.. ' : Hia Honour granted, leave, and 'ordered a.\stay t of proceedings. Judgment was entere'd for .plaintiff -for- £800 and costs, on the highest tcalc^rcertiricatcs. for special jury • and .extra e'ounsbl, and two extra'days.at £15 lu3.