PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 727, 28 January 1910, Page 5

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

> '■: ,A:i.'/ " " MOTOR-CAR ACCIDENT. ' ; .. H.v Teleeraoh.— Special OorresDondent.) . Palmerston, January 27. At a special meeting of the' Kairanga County' Council held, to-day;: .Wednesday was; fixed' as'/ the / day ; for , the: statutory jhalf-holiday;'';/A motion to' make it Mon-day;-,morning .was only lost .by i one- vote,: the ! mover - contending that people 'could leav-s': their; business, on; Saturday/'and need; not return to it ' till. noon on 'Monday. /Aneldbrly man'named Benjamin-Wads;-:Worth,' an' : old • resident/of ; .VPalmerstoni 'and/an ;of / the "Dnipii Tiniber. Company,; ;was, run', over by one ,of the" motor-cars. which ply; for hire here, about 'nine o'clock: last evening,' in;' Duke Street, arid, when,'picked, lip,:, it was .seen that ho was ' rather; -badly ; hurt/ It seems, that at;the.:time /of ;,the' accident';-:the:driver:of the car had ' his eye on another, car .-which-.was'/coming'along, and-did I 'riot ■ see the'-Wian cohie : suddenly' on .'to ■ the: road 'until it .'was 'to'.late to avoid 'the r collision.. .'As.'it'happened,,-Dr. -Martin /was, the. /other, .car,,'and, noticing'the acoiderit, he; : pul!edj',up. > Ori . examining /'the injured man, it:-was found that his arm' had been fractured in two places, - and he .had also .•a - severe: scalp He;is. now, in. the' hospital, and/is progressing .favourably. > 'The /'annual meeting.. of /the/Ma'nawatu Coursing/ Club, was" held Isist '•"night.vMr. :W. H. Overton--in ;.the/chair.' ■ lie report; of the; New Zealand Coursing: Club/, ac 1 '.compariied ! by : the i annual; balance-sheet,; 1 ,was received/and showed the sport to bo-pro-'gressing' satisfactorily; / .The : ho'n;. 'secretary of the "club,-''Mr.;.H. J... Webb', in reporting' on .the past- season ; in "Palmer- 1 ston,.: feelingly,; referred /.to; the death ,of their ' late patron, • Mr.-- Roger: Mulrooney. Thebalance-sheetsho wed-that'-the/expen-diture . for--' the .'year , included ,£2Ol -. 10s.; 6d." 'for stakes, >£55; 16s. 'for, hares,; and '.£2B •18si .freight. 5 - On ,the 'other; tions''"and/acceptances, amounted, to i£3l3 165.-,: subscriptions' :i£l6,: and gate takings' ;£3l lis. Outstanding liabilities 'amounted to/' JJl42;' ■, but; ;these .: were' ( covered! by .'assets/'.The annual election: of officers resulted; as' follon ; s:-i-Patron,j:J:aB.'.>White; president,'-R.;.■•Lloyd'/; vice-preMdente;.,'Dr.' O'Brien, Dr. Peach, J.: 1 Hurley,' J. ■M'Kewan, A. Mahon, J., Little", H. Woon'; treasurer,/ T.:: Richards.' v / Mri' v Webb'; de/ clined: re-election, iis'-secretair,/and-/muoh .regre.ij wa's expressed /at. his- 'retirement. .The /matter;. of' finding '.a •' successor, /was ;Keld-/over/ for: a /future' meeting/ .;;,The: annual subscription was fixed at one :guiriei j; member Si' half a guinea.' The Iclub's' delegate' to the association ■ was. instructed to/vote for the/alteration to /'.the; 1 rules- as ■ submitted by the . New, Zealand Association., -'- .'./.'Staff-Captaii', Henry--and/Mrs.'"'Henryi; :of ..the Palmerston Corps of the Salvation Army, were-' fareicellea lost night, wheri the Mayor (Ur. J.; A. ;Nash) presided over a large-'gatheririg,/ iricluded. '.the visitors;being .the/Mayoress/aiid : ;seveial .'ministers ;pf.. other denoininations:; ,The : ; Mayor expressed the'; feelings' of the community when he. stated that'there was 'deep and siricere 'regTet/at. the/departure' '.of the captain .and; his ;,wife,. as;' they were .held; inVthe/greatest -esteem -by -'all:-:sec-tions.;. Captain :Hay's next sphere of' work is as' yet.unkriown..'. . V;.'-"--'' ;The annual picnic m connection with - the i Tiritea'School ; yesterday was a gTC-at success. -'Mr. Byron. Brown/ of Otaki,, presente<l ihc prizes. -•■ • "/:!'/v'/: ': Commissioner and Mrs'. Hay,-of the Salivation /Army,/are; to- be: accorded a civio "their arrival here : <next^';Tues--:day.'/;r,';;;:vy//if •"