PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY-

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 657, 6 November 1909, Page 14

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY-

THE COMING MAETIAL DISPLAY. j (By? Telegraph.—Speoial Correspondent) !: 1 ■ •,V *';i- RilmerstonV North,- November 5.' : . v'Arrangomonts.- for s tho mili ta ty. * tournament bbo.held Kere on Monday -aria Tuesday, are practically: complete.The number 1 of entries total over. 700, and the display as a whole vrill ba by.far. tho most comprehensive; ever- held in the Dominion. 'Special train arrangements have been made and; the attendances of the public is .expected to very , large.; The balk ,of the, competitors will arrive, on and the / remainder on. Monday. -Complete arrangements h^ye,been for billeting them; on the show grounds and' at the. various hotels andii4icomiffodatioS;lsonses in tura-. /On LSraday a; combined ■ church - parade will take place; Besides the competitions'during the day, there ■wilV'.ba spe6iaL'"displays~~on: .Moticlajrv night, . electricity, I aria : ;tiTo'r'powerfi4 : also 'be I 'utilised; 5 '.':,ThS?feVenin'g displays, will .include | figure v marching by a. very large,'commando ' of cadets under .Captain •C. 11. Warden, musical; ride by .'the : Manawatu Mounted Rifles, sword and lance '.drill- by .the same corps, and various'other evolutions. The .Maoaawatu Boxing Association has every- : thing_'in:,readini3ss| for tho, tournament to be - held 'in the' Opera on Tuesday-night. Last nighti:the > club's -frymnasium held many : interested itfsitors to witness'the final, touches ' leingrf.-put =on>.the. local competitors. .Excell»nt form- was, shown in the bouts ..between Shields,and-A. Havill, Gi Watchorn, and Lang, and Clarke and Lang. The coming: tournaniont. promises, to be one -of tho most l success-ful-the: local association has held.. • -Mr. and Mrs. i Somervillfe-Brown, parents of Mrs., .Dr. Martin, of Palmerston, who'havo spent about two.years -in this. town,. have arranged to return;; to England in February next. i ■ < Counterfeit 1 are said to bo in'circulation: in Palmerston, several having been-taien! by business, people within the Jast few days. ■ -■ - ■ .. f