PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 653, 2 November 1909, Page 6

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

THE SHOW AND TOURNAMENT. ; ; ■ (By Telesraph.—Soedal ■ Correspondent). ... ) Palmerston, November 1. All., the: hotels and. boardinghouses in town have bad their accommodation, booked by show visitors,, and-maiiy private hoyses.are.opening ,their;doors to visiting';'friends; A -meoting' of' tho Committee,'of-' Manage-' ment of the. Military Tournament,-"to bo held here oh November ,8, and 9, took place on Saturday night. -Present—Captain Peach- (chair 7 man),' Lieut.-Colonel Pringle; Captains Jeckle,' M'Murray, * and Palmer, . Lieuts. Batchelor, iSmith', ''Allan,:. \7illou|hby; and 'Sergt'.-Major-Doyey (secretary). Jlajor Hume, of the Koyal N.Z. Artillery, wrote stating thai a' large squad of artillerymen would give a; "display -of ..ttee gymnastics. The entries already. received outnumber' thoso of the'previous year,, more especially'in' the skilled 1 events. A' large numb'er. of 'corps,including the Auckland Gordon Eiflos, Wellington City ' Rifles, _Taranaki -Guards,; Palmerston Rifles,: Wellington Zealandi a Bines,' Timaru City Rifles, Wellington -Highland Rifles., Tcmuka'(South Canterbury) Rifles, Palmerston Guards, ■ Manchester. (Peilding) Rifles, Hutt-Valley Rifles, Waimate (South Canterbury) .Rifles, .Wangariui Rifles, and Wangariui'lrish Rifles'have for the phy: •'deal' drill competition, and a severe attempt, will be made to' wrest' the New -Zealand Challenge Cup from'the present holders,; the Wellington City > Rifles. ■ Entries in other events (besides the corps: already mentioned) include Dunedin B Battery .Field. Artillery, Wellington D Battery, Auckland Navals, Petone Navals, .Wellington Navals, and. Wellington Engineers. ' - Tne mounted corps' include the, Eketahuna Mounted Rifles, Waimariuo. Mounted Rifles, Peilding Mounted. Rifles, and Manuwatu -Mounted Riiies, In addition, the following.'icorps;• are' entered.in. tho infantry -.competitions Auckland College -Rifles, 'Wellington P. and T.. Rifles, Greytown Rifles,' Napier Guards, Wellington College Rifles, .Ashburton Guards, Kelburne Rifles, Canterbury Highland Rifles, and ,'Johnson.ville Rifles, while cadet corps represented will-include Wellington Boys' 'Institute, ' Napier . City,-Petone High School, Hamilton District - High School, Wei--1 lington Normal School, Campbell Street (Palmeraton), and. Hamilton /East... . Arrangements have been made with an Auckland firm .for the wmplete lighting of 1 the grounds sath elec'•triiity.'-- Tho' Government search light will be iat work, and ,in addition - there will be six 2000-candle-power arc .lainps .in use. . Among the night displays will be/a figure march by 180 Campbell Street : School Cadets, under Captain C. H. Warden, and-a musiral.ndo by the Manareatu Mounted Rifles, The Wellington Highland Rifles, who are expected to parade GO strong;: will, give an eshibition of company drill, headed by their pipe.and dram band. A meeting of the executive .of the Palmerston Eiro.Board; was- held to-day,. E. J. Armstrong presiding. Mr. L. G ; -West was appointed', architect .for' the; proposed new eta-, tion. .... ' •--,• ' ■" '"'