PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 679, 2 December 1909, Page 3

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

A WEIGHTY A. AND XL-AGENDA'-PAPER, tils TclcErapli-BBeelal Oornnwodmt i Palmcrston North, December 1 Yostordaj a c>chst collided with a 6pruig« cait in lianfilikoi Street, with dibastrous re- l suits to the bicycle, which got under the j horse's feci and was complotoly wrecked. Tho Palmcrston Oreliostral Society has presented Messrs. M. Cober and T, Kjtchcn, conductor i\iul leadci respectively, willi handsomely iiamcd onlargcd photographic gioupa of tho society. ™ Th j H , ori,K ' llotl and Sluggish River Drainage JJoiids ha\e non ceased to exist as sepirato concerns and tho tno districts will., m future,. , b0 mi kn< ™" ns tho oroua Drainage Area ' ■ There wai, a Urge attendance at the monthly ' meeting of the Friendly Societies' Council this week, Bro. M'Lcan presiding. Mr. B 0. Gower, of Ponton, intimated Ins w llluigness to act as judge of tho sports evoutß at tho annualpicnic of the amalgamated societies at Toxton on New Year's Da>. Bro. O'Connor for- "] warded his resignation ns a member of tho. "* council—a step that was- mado necessary by his transfer to Wangnnui. Regret was es-' i pressed at Bro. O'Connor's resignation, his ' ! ! services on tho council having been greatly appreciated, and for these ho was accorded a hearty vote of thanlis At a meeting ot tho Council' of tho Mannwatu Philosophical Society yesterday, refercneo was mado to tho very instructive and interest«'Blecture recently given under the anspices -> of the society by Mr. Hwang, Chinese Consul, {4: and tho hope was expressed that lie could bo \ prevailed upon to give another addTcss hero ', in the neai future. Mr. J. M> Johnston, president of tho Chamber of Commerce, wrote m ] a similar strain, and thanked the society for i its efforts in arranging such mstrnctrvo discourses.

Some interesting business will bo dealinnlH at the next meeting of tho General Committee of tho Manawatu A. and P. Association, to 1m held on Tuesday next Tho management of the militan tournament is making application for the use of the grounds for the tournament of 1910 As ninny inotnbeis of tho crmmitlce are of opinion (hat tho tournament, comirg so close to tho show, interferes with the attendance at the lattci function, there is likely to bo considerable discussion on the, question. *' the owners of the horses at the spring show which were examined and passed by a vctcrmnr} surgeon are asking that a certificate to tins effect bo issued (o them. Another matter that will create considerable discussion is a notice ot motion bv Mr. M. Cohen that Rule D ("that " any member whoso subscription for tho 'current, year is unpaid, shall not bo allowed to at an annual or general meeting of tho association, nor Co nominaio members for committee, neither bhall lie be eligible for election to tho committee nor ns an officer to the association")'"bo amended by striking out tho word "cm-ient" and inserting "pre- ,' ceding." This question has been previously , discussed scleral times. Then a deputation \ from tho Holiday Association is to wait oil the * < committee on tho question of issuing check tickets at the outsido gates on show dajs The Holiday Association ,assort that tho. practice ot not Issuing checks interferes w ith'business very largelj, and also maintain that, as busii ess ; people contribute laigoly to the association's funds they should have consideration, on this direction, while, on tho other hand, tht. 1 association considers that if thev issued checks it would materially affect tie galo i takings' and also greatly mtcrfero with 1 th<t ' catering privileges. There is also a considernblo amount of other business, 'so that tho committee will havo its hands pretty full nest /Tuesday. I The annual meeting of"the'Palmcrston Hos. \ pit.il Boird wns held 10-dnj Present Messrs. JG. Wilron, J. 0. Vincent, L. R. Brjant, E. ' Harford, H. Haydon, J. Fowler, G. Kendall, C. Voss, J. A. Nash, W. Stnbbs, and W. G. Pearce. IMi Wilson wns re-elected chairman, Mi Hay. I don, trensurei, and Messrs. Nash, Haydon, ' I Stnbbs, Voss, Wilson, Brj Ant, nnd the 60cretaiy ' (Mi. Yl T Rutherfurd), \voi<o appointed an executive cummiltee. It was decided to hold tho moot. I nigs ns usuul on tho second Thursday of each " i month, except m January, when tho meeting > . will be held on the thud Thursday The tre.isurci submitted a statement of the van- I ous accounts. It was decided to havo tb« ' tennis eomt and paths asphalted and goner' 1 all j put in oi del. , <