PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 641, 19 October 1909, Page 4

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

■ (By Tclograph.—Special Correspondent.) Palmerston, October 18. : Notivithstanding tho unfavourable' weather, there ,was,a fair attoudanco on Saturday afternoon at the opening of tho'Palmcrston Tonnis Club's-courts... Tho president. (Mr.. P. Vf. Connoll).-'performed the.opening ceremony,.and wished tho club' a successful season., A now ■flag, presented by Mr. E. H. Morrali,..was then noistcd by tho donor, and the'courts declared open.:' .A number of nipmbcrs .of tho Manajvatu; Club were present,'.' and.-Bpvoral-' games played, though ..a' 1 cold .sputlierly .. wind niado' things rather, uucorafortablo. . Afternoon tea. was provided by tho lady members of the club, and was mnch appreciated:",' ! . ■'";.' i A . good ' muster: of Palmcrston . Guards attended the class firing on the Hokowhitu range on .Saturday aftornoon. A cold. wind blew , acros3 thp range, and made good shooting almost impossible. .'. ■. -.■ .^' ■•• The Palmorston Rides aro arranging to hold i ball on November 9, at tho'.time'of the military tournament, • ,

■■_ Tho high .wind aoross: tho'.Hokowhltu golf links on Saturday afternoon prevented anything 'like, good scores "in' the. stroko competition for,;'Mr; P.'A; ' M'Hardy's 'cup.' The following are the best scores returned:—St. C. Jouiincaux Oβ; handicap 10, SC; S. Tyorman, 95;'6, SD;.V: Harman,;92, ?, 00; A. N. Barraud, 88, oVe. 3, 01; .T. Porston, 99; 8, 91; L. A. ■Abraham, 100, ■£ 91; H. Coopor,' 96, i, D 2 ;: J. R. Jt'Lennan, JOS, ' 13;;; p 93; - r A." Strang, 95, scratch," 95; ' ;Jounncauk .thbrefpre .wins, tho trophy . for. tho season'.' He. previously ,'had i points'! to his credit,, and these, together with the G.'points; which' ho obtaiued on': Sate-' day, , makes ;hie : total. 10.. Next.' Saturday..a ,mixed foursome competition .will bo hdd, for prizes. 'preson tod by. Messrs. G. "WV, Harden, and.ll. Oppper. -..''" . ' . .. All arrangements havo.-been. made for the reception of. tho delegates of. tho Chambers' of Commerco on their: visit to- Palmcrston to-morrow.-After beinß welcomed.by the Mayor at ..the railway., station,'. they• ivill. bo. ■ enter-tnined.,-at luncheon, and then-driven througha i portioiv ofr :the' country. •; The .follpwing j have puced .their .antotnobilesy-at- the', disposal of 'the,■.PalmcfatonvChambcr:—Messrs; Ai-'Suther-H. ,-Akers?;-A. "StranK.irSt; C Jounncauj:, BlackbPurn.C. Waldegrato; Major Dunk, and iCaptaiiiiPreece.','■■."■■ '". i .:-Water turned int6 : the' laficlets:ih the Observatory '• jicction.'of the^Moarc,' , and' it;is -hoped to 'have T'this"- division 'complblo by 'show time. -'!• iV: ■''''■.."■■"\.\ ":;'■■:': ' .' '[:

■■■ At Coiirt to-day, two njen named Claudo'.Eetter , and'. Charles ..Cannon,'-' alias Cripps,; anas'. Watson, wore, brought ..up ..'on' chirges of'being idle nnd disorderly. Evidcnco by l)eteotiyo: Quirk was to the .effect that Can-, iioh. had-done .no work for. three months, whilo his 'letters, showed that, he- had -been' in-cor: respondonca notoripue charqeters-in- other parts of the. Dominion; He.alfo produced "a letter from, accused to • one Jas.. ■ Eiley,'- ■ whom Witness had arrested at lioiigotea-,on a'chargo Of ..theft- at Auckland. It had -bran: written while accused- was at Shannon,'and contained tho following eentence: '.'This is tho'place for . the ■ Hkps; of. you and me. There: are drunken men lyingjabout'all over. tho.place. .About 300 men got paid on.'Priday, and-they have about th»m. ; ; So,:if you-were here,•Wβ would do. nothing.''...- Accused,-giving ''-evidenceonj. his own, behalf,, said '.that,.., after he :had onco been convicted, he found it almost imposvsible to;jet.'work;". He:had not been'guilty of . a-certain, assault, in iFoxton 'Lino,. Palmerston,' for which' he .h»d.-,beeh sentenced to five ■ years' imprisonment,'He was too weak to no'rk when he came out of gBol," and had contracted blood poisoning ih;hie hand through' the <poor food which he h&d received ■ while in 'gtol., Since .thenih.e, 'work, at Shannon, --but was,.; disolmrMdi,»fter two■ daye'. employment. Ho.'.,aftenrarde-attributed his • dismissal!.to'' the fact:that it found ont'-that>he had : been, ln./jruol,-;, He admitted ■ writing■ the' letter to Riley, but he hud intended opening aboardmghouse in Shannon,-end came to Palmerston to,buy furniture. Accused wnsconvioted and sentenced .to. three months' imprisonment. Claude, better, 'who. wbs. nlsb .charged: with' vagrancy, -pleadtd, not-guilty. ' Aftor leoveral witneeses.had been heard, Retter ■ went into tho box, and .stated; in .evidence that,- ho owned -a trotting' horse . named -New; and ..had ,-CiO ln.the post:office savings bank. , -On'-tho police making, innuirits- at -the post 'office,.;it was, , found that Bettor's. statement ; ',was • falee, and also thiitihchad. no. horse. r,A' : sentence , of tnree months' imprisonment n.is : imposed. In tho: afternoon Eptter was charged with perjury I? giring evidence in .the case against him in the. morning,, and remanderf .- till Monday. Charles. Cannon was ..further , charged 'with' theft'fronv.the,dwelling of .GeorgOi.Hansford, W.■- Palmerston,. abqut August■ v l2, il qf. Jl goodsVaud olpthcs 'to. the- -value of -£7.. /.He;was.'also'. fo'njanaed;tb_appeal: pn.Monday^.Eichard.Brbwni , ohaigcd; with wife desertion; was: remanded .till ■ Monday; .bail ; being allowed. 'Thred , cyclists wore.fined 12s. each for breaches pf the by-laws m-riding without lights, and also on tlie footpaths/Prohibition orders were granted against two; lbcal''residents.'; : -':. 'r;V'° ■;■: ". '■*"■ : .'■