PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 706, 4 January 1910, Page 3

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY

'(By Telezraph.—Speciai Corre,spondenU f' ■ ' ■'■■;!,VPalmerston,...January,3.':; ■■ About midday on Friday- tho •sputchiiig. shed at Mr./L.:Seifert?s/;river mill atißarigitane was'burnt,down. The.'shed contained , about four; tons,of fibre,-'which , was also destroyed,... The damage done is .estimated-at 1 £2oO, : - and there, .was no'in-' isura'nce^-'.'■'.' ■ ■■■■■,"■'/'."■':'■ ' ■ : -':'-, ■'■ :■■"■.'■'■ "." Sub-Inspector O'Donovan has recovered; fromra;severe illness,- and'_resumed,duty' to-day.,',, J-- ':■:',:■;■''■■ ■/:-.':-■■' '■■■'-'^ : -'- . Mr. G. J. , Scott, Deputy Assignee,' leaves 'next week'-'on ; a,' six;: weeks'•■'■'..visit • to' : Kotorua. ' '■■■■:■ '\,<"-::' : '- ■ ■■■] ■'■■.■■'.-'•;:■'' ■■'■•'•':'■ V -The .vital statistics for'.; Ashhurst. for. the year : just ended ' are: Marriages, 20; .births,'-. 34;. deaths,- 6. ■ -.-. ' r : . ' ' ;.;■'.-. ;.y,- ■■; A lad named:T; Paton.jvho, some time •baok.vmet with; a: gun accident at-'Ash-hurst,:is v progressing Hβ'has, however, lost one finger-as , a-result of the ■mistap;,;-'/". , '-.■'.■•■■ ! '".v:' : •;; '■"'•i.'--'. ■ •'• jMThe-,local.nre -.biigade'.has;been haying quite,', a: busy: time during I ;the ■' 'liolidays." •Three"or; four .small; outbreaks occurred-: last week,,and.on Saturday.evening about. .9 o'clock the brigade was again.called-out-•to a, fire, which.nad: originated in.a shed .in ;Church\Street." The;building,' wh'i.ch: .was empty,'was■ only' a 1 small• one,.and was 'totally■.•.'destroyed!, A little .after 1 ,, :o'clqck;:this!imorning-.;the.brigade received -a,rturther';call,: : a-; cottage^:in f.Campbeir; Street being: ablaze. l'his\was owned: andoccupied'.by' Miss ;Mackay, : a .dressmaker, and -was"'also -totally destroyed; , . The-oc-cupants ;of 'the-house-are-away holidaymaking at Auckland,, and .the fire, had secured' a firm.lold 'before the .alarm , was. given. , '.-■'. : '.y.-- •' : -'"'i v-.: : :,; .'.-.'-.•..•■■ ■ -.-■ .V ."Old>'Time" ;has 'been making himself■ felt: at the Palmerstpu' Hospital, three death's.-.haying occurred, there in the last two day's.:'On-Saturday morning' William' .Co6k,of.;Eimboltoni succumbed, and ,in' the afternoon Habel Spoqner, of 'Peilding,. 'passed , away, while, yesterday. morning ■an elderly [rutin named Henry' Barmclo 'died; .--.; A familiar v Jeh'u :on' the-3?eilding-Kim-' bolton ; 'Edad'. is "about' to '■ retir*;' aftbr. nearly a quartor of a century's serviceon' during which .time ho put-up. a..very "fin'Dvrecord,-', having ■•■ never .been latojwith the mails; and. never having had an accident. The .'driver referred ' to."- is' tix. S. JDaw, familiarly known as "Sam.". ,Ho -has- , beeu' Dominion .'.nearly 'fbrty 'years, ; and" has. seen great' changes. ■m, the. district in ; .which he has'been driv-. -ing so long. ■-. .'.'. ■...-;,'.; .■ j:'\ '■-.;:. ■-. '', ■..-.