PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 674, 26 November 1909, Page 3

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

A TACTICIAN AT A BABY SHOW. (Ily Tclcciapti.-Sncnlal CorrcßDomlonU .-• ■.-..',-. Palmerston, .November 25;: ■ Tlio Manawatu Amateur Athletic Club' hold its first, gathering last evening. Four events came on for decision, and goad sport was witnessed. The final.for tlio 100 yards handicap, was a great'struggle—a dish-cloth .would have covered the lot." Those winning the places wero:—D. Robertson, 7 yards, 1; .11. Stagpaole, !>J yards, ■2; K. Eglinton, : 5 yards, 3. Time, ID l-sscc. Tho 100 yards public schools' championship whs won by G. tiledhill, with J. Jl'Cormack second, both boys hailing from 'Campbell Street School. Time, 12 1-Sscc. Long jump: K. Eglinton, 17ft. 6in., 1; W. Reed, 17ft. Uin., 2; IC. Tait, lßtt. 2in., 3.- Tho half-milo handicap resulted .in an casynviu for G. Mellish, 75yds:,. with R. Moxon, 20yds., second, and W. Jlinogiic,.H-15yds., , third. Time, 2min. llecc. At tho conclusion of tho events, Dr. O'Brien presented the trophies to the winners. Light and wind were anything- but favour, able yesterday afternoon, when tho Wednesday squad of the Palmerston Rifles fired the last two ranges (600 and 700 yards) for the N.C.O.'s shield. Tho following wero the highest scorers yesterday, but' Saturday's squad,has'yet to fire:—Col.-fjergt. Pcrrin si, Vol. Lucas 51, Vol. Apatari 43, Corp. Pratt 37.. After tho Saturday men have shot, the handicaps will bo added,Tand tho highest scorer will be the winner for the-current quarter. . . That the Mayor-of-Palmerston is a tactful man surely cannot bo gainsaid after his performance at the Butchers' Picnic yesterday afternoon. He had been appointed judge of the baby show,- and was faced by nine babies, , with nine watchful mothers. The committee had provided first, second, , third, and fourth prizes, but in making his awards tho Mayor converted tho whole of these into first prizes, and himself contributed five more- firsts, so that each child came out top, rad the mothers at any rate were happy.: So tho Mayor dodged a difficult position. ,- r - Tho Wednesday cricket championship matches were continued on tho sports ground yesterday afternoon. Phoenix wero defeated by City Club by 53 runs. For the winners Clarke (29) was top scorer, Fiiidlay (lfi) and Wntchorn (13) notching most for the City. Phoenix B defeated High School by 60 runs. s . There Was not a very large attendance of mombers on tho Palmerston Bowling , Green, yesterday afternoon. Two ■ rink .matches were played,, .with the following, results:—Harris, Short, Griggs, jfnd A.. Pickering (s.), 2G, defeated Innes, Tyer, 11, Mowlem, and J. .■ G. Scott (s.), IG. Hansen, Connor/ Malcolm, and Tasker (5.),'25, defeated Pilgrim, Swallow, Abrahams, and Hodgins (s.), 18. A Palmorston rink, comprising Dixon, Thacker, C. Pick, ering, and H. Nash, (s.), journeyed to Feilding yesterday to endeavour to. recover the Yates Feathers, held by Feilding, but suffered de. feat, tho scores being 26 to IG. The Feilding holders of tho trophies are Clapham, Barry, Manning, and Say well (s.). A considerable-amount of petty thieving haa been going on in Palmerston for somo time, and cricketers who- have left any valuables or money in their clothing: while playing- tho game have been, made to suffer. Several small burglaries are reported as having taken placo in business premises in the Square, and now the tea kiosk on the snorts ground, which has just been completed, was broken into and a number of carpenters' tools left in tho building were stolen. . . . ■ ' The Ladies' Guild connected with All Saints' Anglican Church have been arranging for somo timo.'for a sale of work,' and this was. opened yesterday afternoon in-the Exhibition Hall" on the show grounds by her .Excellency , Lady Plunket. In stating to Lady Plunket the object of tho bazaar, Archdeacon Harper mentioned that a sum of about ,£9OOO was required for the. proposed new church, of which sum they already, had ~£SOOO inland, and they hoped to materially increase \ tho amount before, very long. , The Ladies' 1 jluild .had rendered great assistance in pay), g off the church debt, and they wero now ab>/ut'tp assist in raising funds for. .fhe new church; Lady Pluukot expressed pleasure at opening tho. bazaar,.and wished the .Ladies' Guild success in' their. efforts, . Captain 1 Hewitt,' E.N.,' returning thanks on l behalf of the .guild. Lady Plunket ''was •■ subsequently 'presented' with a -basket of, beautiful .'sweet peas by Masters Gavin- and , Stanley Park,, sons of Mr. W.'Park,. and the-.vice-regal- party were -then'.entertained at afternoon- tea. There/were,a large number" of stalls, and in tho evening a successful waxworks exhibition was ' given, a poster jeompetition"also creating a''c()flsidcrable'.'amou.ht.?of; interest. '.Besides , these there wcro competitions in' needlework, decorative'children's exhibits, homo industries,'etc. 'During the after..noon and evening,. thcro were good attendances, and'excellent ,, business 'was done. ;. •' -j> ..■„'.. ." . November 24.-. A very large .attendance was.'present last evening at the brealiing-up 'ceremony of tho. Palmerston Technical School, when, the prizes' and certificates in tho. various divisions, were presented. . Mr. ,'W. Rutherford (ijhainnan of the Board of Governors) presided. Tho Mayor (Mr. \ J. • A. Nash) gave . a short address, , in complimenting the . management -. of, tho school on having , secured , such a. fine building,,and on the', ■ great progress that • was: being made. •Mr. Rutherford also addressed those present, congratulating the town on haying- 6uch" a building,- and contrasting it .wHh the,., conditions a)id difficulties, which: obtained in carry-' ing on the work only a few months ago. v He. also paid a tribute'to ' the work being dono by their director, Mr. F. D. Opie. That the school was. forging ahead was evidenced iby the success of , the scholars at the various-show l competitions. In this connection, he par- , ticularly mentioned the class Ayhich is conducted by Mr. S. Jickell (borough engineer) in mechanical drawing. of. this class had entered in competition with some of tho oldest schools in the colony, and had done very: well indeed; .'Ho concluded by making an appeal to tho young people to take advantage of the facilities offered, by the school. On. the motion-" of Mr. W. H. Collingwood, a voto of thanks was accorded the director,and staff. • Mi\ Opio read his annual report, which was adopted, on tho motion •of tho'Rev. I. Jolly, seconded'.by Mr. G. Hirsch. During the evening, musical itenia wore rendered by Master Nashj piano solo; Mr. Marshall, song; Miss Monro, violin solo; Mr. , A.; V. Burnard, recitation. Mrs. Hawson j)layod accompaniments. The; following is; tho p'riz'e list:—Plumbing,' first ■'class, A.- D. Buchanan, -A. J. Perry, , . \A. Jack,. juu., G. Anderson. ' Wool-classing,. W. .Myers, P. Stubbs, J. Andrews, J. O'Brien, Joseph Knight, B. H. Whitaker; ...second class, J. Matlieson, A. Waghorn,... L. Gardner, A. Winton. Mechanical drawing, .first, class, ! P. Stubbs. Building construction, hrst class, W. .Patten, Stanley Osborne, JI. .Williams. Woodcarving, Jno. Dcarlove. Shorthand, H. Stubbs, Miss J.. Matheson. .Typewriting, Miss R>. Drury, Miss Nellie -Hancock. . Photography, first class,' Jno. ■ Cull, J.. Jeromson, Jas. Penketh. Agriculture, first class (senior), F. Callinan, J. iJavidsoii, W. Loot, ~H.; Voss; second class (senior), ,C. M'Hardie; second class (junior), J. Howie, H. Baker. Commercial course; first class.'G. Ronnie, B. Watkins, W. Sexton, Misses Trixie Crichton, Cecila Muling, first class, Miss Violet Alsop; second class, IJ. Strong, R. M'Culloch, Messrs. C. M'Cullocli,'lrene Smith. Shorthand and '.typewriting, first class, Miss Violet alsop; second'class, Miss. G.. Stopher.' Typewriting and bookkeeping, Miss Rita Criehton. Freehand drawing, first class, E. Wood, J. Hnncock, Horace Nash, Louis' Robert.. Electricity and magnetism, first class, W. Passmore, ,0. Magnuson;': second class, W. junior .Civil. Service, first class, S.. Parker.'. Bookkeeping .(senior), : first class, J. Mawheney; senior, second class, F. Hill, A. Fox; seniorj C. Ncttlefold. Bookkeeping, W. Myers. Tho. director's prizo was awarded S. Parker," and the prizes for attendance were won by S. Parker, G. Rennie, and W. Sexton. , , > \. ■ . .