PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 733, 4 February 1910, Page 9

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

TRIBUTE. TO A: PASTOR'S WORE. (From Our Special OorrcsDont3cnt.l Palmcrston, February 3. The attendance. at the opening' pf the Palmerston High School -yesterday 1 was a record for, an • opening day, ithe total number assembled Doing 171. A number of . other, intending scholars are yet to comp. V"' ■'.•'■X At; a meeting of, the, congregation of St. Andrew's Presbyterian r ChiirCh ' last evening, >' the ' following . ...Motion; was passed :-r"That having learned; ttiat the Roy. ;l. Jolly was to, receive "a.call, they

wUhed to . tell the Presbytery... that the 'congregation and all; the various Organisations in ft flourishing ,cdnditioni .;thia . behig:"chiefly du'e;.to : the faithful-.'fi^icb.. of, 'Mr.-; Jolly/, during. • hi§:. term/,or.;.offlcc'j. they' would -be pleased to ..retain,His, &dr-. yices,' but .if .iho Pfesbytery saw- itsgw clear to put. tho call, in Mr.. Jolly s hands, .and ho./thought fit to T accept the offer, no .objection] would be. raised' to, his a' .wider Sphere.;at:An'ctlnnd,--Messrs: J.BalsilliearnlW; L/Sep.tt wero appointed to ; represent :the congregation at v a", meeting .of ;.the •' Presbytery,; which will be held to consider , this matter next weok k . ..... . .There was a good, at the spor.ts ground last ,; ? eyeiiing, .when-. -the Manawatii; Amateur Athletic Club _ held another''meeting, and ran .off three, handi; capta The 150'yaids handicap ytii-won by K. Tait-(lCyds.), ,W., Peed (9yds.) 2, Moxon (fiydi;)'-3. .120 yards hurdles: K; : ' Eglintoa. (scr.); 1, Stdgpoole Jo we, 10yds. j 2- ' 4-10 yards handicap: W. Peed 718 yds.) 11, Dales •' (80yds.) 2, Moson •. (15yds.) 3.Mr. T. Stubbs was handicapperj J. starter,' and : Mr.v'J...Robertson .catried. out the'; duties of . - ' Th6 v annual'"picnic of- the Terrace State Sch66lis to be-held on the spofts. ground on : Friday • nexti-. "V* : The four :Sunday. Angn-• can'Churchyin'Palinerston North, will-.hold a';,combihed-'i.-picnic; -atv'.. the.v .Ashliurst; Domain' ort.Shtnrday next,,.to •thd ohildteriWill be conveyed by; a special trdin.' ...The .Trinmph .'Lodge- of. IJrmds • at, ORrdngoteii has now a membership totalling fifty,, five .-hayihg.;- been.'- initiated: last meeting;'and ..three more ■proposed. . • • The ' 'Wednesday : chairipionship . cricKet matches'- were-continued,-on >~the, sporty ground yesterday >.aftenioon, ; .-wnen, : tne arid.:Phqemx: teams:,met. , Ciw went but;made a yery bad; 6tartj .thMr •first three batsmen being dismissed for; the .dreaded cipher^.-Moore 22 (not out).was the only batsman..tp'. get .intq ; Phoonix put on 66; -of which Donald tributed:. just:c half: In •;their -,i second attompti City fared ; mnch.botter, 111 oii;* the. board f for. eight;wickets (Stebr ■bins 61, MobTe : 2o;.M r Leayey-17). c.\-U ,i The. election; of :■ seven members ■, of,; the Oroua Drainage Board yesterdayresulted as follows :—B. Gray, 149; H. Hunt,'. 144; - John Dalton, 141; Geo. Iv.en-. doll, ISO; G. H. Low, jnr., 122; R. Mudford, 116; .Tames, Tennant, , 109. . Ihero were ' four, other candidates.,; -• >..j V .. The Pqlmerston no\r'.engEtged ■ in firing' for.' the. compaiiy. belt.;-. The com-, petition "wijl, last till - the 'end l of the month.; A team • from, the" Rifles will compeW : at. thd: > .Cheltenham .. meeting .. next At*a Wetinc of the' 1 MantLwatii Laid Drainage : Board,the secretary, Mr.vWi Rutheri^i'd;reported, that % only/,/*l^.lls» 6d;: inmates was. putstaiidingv.V considered,' this" a highly satisfactory state . of and'complimented.;Hr.'Rutherfurd ; ; oi»v his success in.; -j rates in.