PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 723, 24 January 1910, Page 8

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

AN AEIIEST AT A EACE MEETING. ; ~ "WANTED SINCE 1903/' ' ' (By Telegraph-.—Special; Correspondent.): Palmorston, January -23... /. At.,,the Poxtoniirace'sVyesterday, Detec'liver Quirke -arrested' a man "named ,I'Yed, Duun, who has been wanted since 1903 on ',a...ohargo ( of - alleged ■ false., pretences ' at-. !3?'ahiatua. •,. The alleged . offence was. the disposing; of -threo jorses, : haTneK; . and. driiy, valued at * ,£lso, ':pii which, accused' is'^saidtp" havo .alleged, that :there .was only a mortgage of'<6l2, whilp'itjs stated -tllere' • existed.:a" bill -pf sale; ,of~ £100 .on \fheiin: •;':. 1:, . '. '1./ : ;.:.The..Maiiawatu : Hookey ■Assoeiation, l is',; jVo't J satisfied -with . the • proposed-. arrange- ■ merit' of Ynintches ;with ■. the English; team as'drawn up .by the Nciv: Zealand 'Association, 1 giviiigi one match to Manaiyatu, Ilo'rowhenu a, '.and : Hawke's. Bay, combined. The': Manawatii Association); has ' consequently, -dccided to ask, what "guarantee .will'; ho required,for a; liiatciiiby .tho :Englisli': team .against. alone. ..- • The -Manawatii Golf Cliib. has ,:decided that 'the very' ; haudsome trophy -presented by,-Mr.' and Airs. P. " Nathan "shall;, be allotted for a handicap stroke competition to be played in Jufy and . August and on' the .thirty-six hole competition at • the' club's annual-- tournament.The monthly c6m petitions'-will: bo', averaged; i; so that it wilViiot .matter, if' players do not-take | part.'in all :tlip: monthly, games, .but -play in /tho thirty-six : hole, contest. ; will,. be compulsory lor the . Nathan trophy: : : .'At: tho fortnightly of' Loyal Manawatu Lodge, 1,0.0.1'., M.U., ,Bro. ,W::W.' Wilsher,- ijun.; : was presented, with a'framed past officer's .omblern.: ; ■v The record kept-by -Mr. C.'J. Monro,, of /Palmerston/ shows that, two' inches of; Tain■■'■'fell'"on',, tho 'first .four, days of!!.the Veek/ As. the downpour was much the' •heaviesti.or Friday,"it, is: probable ' that the ;record, for the week will' bo'between 1 four and five inches. Owing to the blocking of spouting by birds' nests .and rub-: bipli, a good many of the business places woi'e flooded on Friday through. th'e overflowing -of' tho: water/:'Not a ( great deal 'of:.damage, however, was. done. There lias" been," a 'fairly heavy' flood in .tho'; Manawatu River, showing-that' tho rain ■must also have been heavy in tho 'FortyMilo Bush anil Dannevirko..districts.:, -i The Manawatu Caledonian Society: at a meeting on, Friday night . appointed a concert, committee, 'comprising., Messrs. ll.' iL'.',Noting, J. 'R." Graham,' 'a'nd ; J. David•son, to arrange a . programme : for ■~ the '•'Scotch concert; to be held . on' tlio 'ovening :of Easter' Monday, an'(l Messrs: W. Dickson, W. M'Kenzio, and -W: Turner wore appointed-to: draw up ': a programme for tho! sports gathering, on ; Easter Monday. • -'Kt a 'meeting of tho. 31anawatu Golf, ■ Club, held last : week, - thepjans. of the proposed .new were . approve<l. ■It was decided 'to, forward' a resolution of. ■ condolence to Mrs." Gorton: touching .the death of tho late Colonel Gorton/who was' tlie'first and "only life'.member, of'the iClnb.". It was'iesolved : to hold the annual tournament during the week before tho New Zealand tournament. • , ; _