PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 683, 7 December 1909, Page 8

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

. (B; Telegraph.—Snecial OorreipondenU , / Palmerston, December 5. . The Terrace End bowling . green- is in .fine order for the. official opening on. Wednesday afternoon next,. and members, of .the other clubs of,' the district have received cordial invitation's'.to be: present. ■Mr. ,C. Smith, manager of the local branch, •of - the. Bank of' New. Zealand, who has ■ been on an extended tour for the benefit of his health/ is .expected, back; in -.Palmerston' to; wards the end of the'month.. Mr. Smith has greatly, benefited by the, change. The. first , consignment' of. .fifteen-inch: water pipes, which are to replace the two,present seven-inch.mains in the Palmsfston water service,' are to arrive, here before .the .end of , v the month,' and the' wtirk, of. laying them" willi be begun at ohce.v , v '' : ;■ '' • ... -Mr. 'C. W. /Naylor, organist .'at St,' Andrew's Presbyterian' .Church, intends giving- an organ recital shortly.; At this entertainment Mr. M; Cohen, who 'has not appeared on the" concert platform for some years,, will:give two' violin solos. In his day, Mr. Cohen )vas looked,upon as the fin&t amateur ■ violinist in the' colony,' and Palmerston people will be pleased to hear that he has been induced, to come forward again. •". ;■ The. Public Trustee has ; been appointed Sinking Fund Commissioner by the Borough Council ;in connection.with tho;special loan of. J37000 for water works purposes; ,i. .. . / : Records .taken by Sir. C. : J. llunro, ofFitzherbert, show that 3.08 inches ;of rain fell during November;' : Rain fell on 17 days.- the highest .fall.- - during any., 'twentyrfour \hours being .88 inches.' - ; : • '' v ' The: Palmerston Guards, have arranged' to hold a daylight parade ; next; Friday, . when they :will, march' to' the'' rifie range at Hokowhitu, and catnp there that night, beginning, class .firing early'next' morning. After the Christmas holidays, tho corps proposes to go into camp for a longer period, and ,attempt field "exercises in the direction; of Pahiatua. Tho Pahiatua 'volunteers are to be asked to co-operate in the manoeuvres by. defending the. town.against a l -projected'attack. \ . ' The Manawatu Employers' Association met this afternoon to consider the proposed amendments to the Shops and Offices Act. All the speakers strongly'condemned the action, of the Government in their attempt to get behind the Arbitration Court awards, and the following resolution' was carried"That this association strongly- protests against the action of tho Government in, at any time, overriding the decisions of the Arbitration Court, and considers that , such interference is bound oventually to .nullify : the good, work of the Arbitration Court, and is against the interests of both employers' and employees. . The association also strongly protests against the proposed; amendments to the-Shops, and Offices Act as a direct nullification,' of existing awards,",-. ; A boy named Paton, son of Mr. J; H. Paton. blacksmith, : of; Ashhurst,' has been ; admitted to the Palmerston Hospital suffering from a severe gun-shot .wound. It appears-that : the lad was out shooting on Saturday and laid his gun down on a log. . " On taking lit u|*.she gun exploded, the . charge entering the ■ boy's hand and- inflicting suoh injuries -.that 1 fears are entertained .that the hand, cannot be saved. A man named Josoph Powelka, who was found lying in shallow water/in the Manawatu River, near ; Awapuhi, "on Saturday, :was brought up at. the Police Court to-day, on a charge of attempted, suioide, and remanded for a week. - 1 ■ A woman applied at the Court to-day for a; separation . order, on the ground of the threatening behaviour of her husband, to whom she had.only been married two months, and,, according to the evidence, has had a rather rough time. .The. man,..whose name is Powelka, aoted peculiarly, while before the Court; and the Bench thought mcdical examination advisable.", . , John' Wilkinson, a resident, at Foilding, i has been admitted to tho Palmerston 1 Hospital. suffer ing'from a broken.-arm;' j