PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 677, 30 November 1909, Page 5

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

:.;.. iiELD sports: / V"■■'.. A CENTUET MADE IN- CRICKET! '. . 17- (By Teleerapli-SDoclal Oorrisßondem.: ..-.■«.•*-'•- : - ' Palmerston, November 29. The final rifle competition for the quarter was shot off on Saturday by tha. Palmerston Rifles for the N.C.O.'s shield, the ranges being 600 and 700 yards. Volunteer' Ball came but on top with a score of ill, Corporal Tremaine' 48, Volunteer Griggs 48,: Corporal Kells ~ 11. A high wind'across the rango made it difficult at.times to find the target. -The highest iggre.gato for the quartar.was the score of Volunteer Friend, who pat. on 102, and ; this, with a handicap of, ii, made his total 123. He beat Corporal Tremaine, who' had a handicap of 15j by one point. Sergeant Perrin, from scratch, made 117. Previous winners of the shield are:—Sergeant Stock (2), Colour-Sergeant Perrin, Corporal Tremaine,. Sergeant Needham, Volunteers Griggs, Lucas, Cooper, Shipman and Pickard. ■■■..'■.■ ,■_.,-.: ',' .'.:'• On'the bowling green on Saturday afternoon, the first pairs match was played, A. Pickering and T. Uriggs (handicap 3) defeating J. A Nash'find C. T. Spooner. (scr.). There .was a good muster of cricketers'on the '.sports'-ground'-on Saturday afternoon. The only championship match was that between United and Feilding, ..which . -.was continued from the previous Saturday, when Beilding batted first and put up 127. United continued their first innings,, and notched 171, of which Bartlett contributed 43, Coyne 42, Skillevand O'Connor It each, and Goldspring 12. In the second effort Feilding had lost five wickets for 90 when stumps < were drawn (Ongley//S6, Bartholomew 15, Trevena 15, not out, !S.lUm 12). The feature of a scratch match be'.wtien Old : Boys'A and B iwas a fine display by Churchill, who put 105 on the board before he was disposed of. In the junior competition. High School rather badly defeated -Oldßoys 11, scoring 107 to , 16. For the: winners, young Sutton batted finely for 40, M*Rae 23, Hanaa 10. Old Boys made a Better showing in the second innings, getting , ss for.tie<loss of four wickots-(Brown 29, Liddell 17). ■' - ■ . Tho'BapKst and Cuba Street Methodist Churches held special servites yesterday to celebrate the : Sunday School janniversaries. In ,both churches, special music was rendered, and the 6ermons were on thomes appropriate to the occasion. •' '"...': ■•'.... '>'•'■' At the Police Court to-day, a man named .Andrew. Myers was charged.''--with assaulting Arthur:Blyde. Evidonso was given to the effeel that'a quarrel had occurred among a number of men on a.certain Saturday night in October. In the course of this quarrel, both-accused and Blyde fell, the latter having; a leg-ibroken. Generally speaking, the evidence was in favour of accused, and the.... cose. -, was dismissed. Emanuel White, who; was prosecuted at theinstance'of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, was fined £1 and costs for working a horse suffering;'-from ringbone. The .Pohangina County Council proceeded against seven settlers for allowing stock .to wander on the county roads. Knes of from ss.' to : 10s. were inflicted in each case, with costs.