PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 745, 18 February 1910, Page 4

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

~.< .IProm, Orir; Special, Correspondent.!

.;';;■/;".///: !Pai™rstori;February/i7.'/' ! Estimating!by! the"amount :.already\ re-. ceived,. it is .anticipated that -(with'■ the Government) .subsidy.'eqf; 2i5..: in the quite. .£IOOO. will- be -raised;' out of' the Ail-/Nations' 'Eair, ; for '^a ; Consumptive -nnnexe: for; women 'at'-.' the' Palin'erstoh -Hospital. Should .the anticipation prove correct, the-Mayoress (Mrs. .'J.-'-A.'Nash)-and her" - baiid -of assistants will .'have : done' a great work for-' • the : 'district: / Yesterday : ~£!lßi!iwas.'i'token"-atu the ..gates.' ■'-'■!;■""' : ; ; ; .The! Palmerston.". corps of; the. Dom inibh' Boy -Scouts, -'and'--the; subdivisions;.in- the 'suburbs; are-drilling every: night, -making' themselves 'efficient.-:for.2;,the■■•';Kitchener, camp. Scoutmaster Whalley is .bringing' Ms.'ooys along /finely, i and they' are' taking a L . very-lively .interest :in the .'move-' ment. .■■!,;.; ■ .\k'?-.-y''- / v /:/:' : '//'--!''/;-:!,/-.' ■■■' A-meeting/of. the'council:of the"Man'a-" watii Cricket Association■-was held-la'st' night,'.'Mr,tFi- Oakley, in the;chair, when arrangements, were.' made in: coii-; nectiph with!the!.coming;visit.of. the''Aus-' . traliaii-, .criqkoters,: v-.The»' iPahiatha: Asso•ciation? wrote ; .askingV. for ;.-v.a - :,matcii" oh' ilafch;.s, but; itr-was tesolved;to• reply that the cup;.matches could not well: be postponed,... and -suggesting ! a .later, date.In'.response;to. a: request' -from the: >Horowhishua'.. Association, -it:-was (decided■• to' sond a team, to Levin on- Wednesday; March 9. ■;' :.':..:;■:-.;:;.; .:.;;,:■::'' ,; :-<i■'

■'. The : petition. ; by residents 'on the ,western.'siue of., the borough,;'praying the Warigahui Education.Board: to establish a;publio .school'iin the vicinity-.of Foxr ton' line, contains 163.' names; of: with' children;totalling : oyer:;thr«e. bun-, dred. ''.There - is! certainly .urgent'-needs: forV'another.fschobl.'tlie .thr.ee; established in other parts'of> the-,borpugh being-very much overcrowded, more - especially in' the lower classes,.;...'■ ~• '■-<; ■ ■■•:; ! .-:---.-i:< ,'■ -vi- : ;-

Mr. ;W. H.: Collingwoodj • tho '.newly-'' elected ohftirman'.-'of:Ythe'-'Higb. School Board'of Governors, paid his : first official visit to, the:;sbhoolthis' -afternoon. -In honour of the • occasion,; all. the scholars were let off home lessons, which means three or. four rhours'..:work.--:;.. ..,'.,-;

; The Manawatu Amateur Horticultural Society's chrysanthemum; show is fixed' to -be' held, on April; 27. and 28.- ■~-.. -, . At' the Supremo: ; Court to-day Judge Chapman made-anvorder.'. confirming -'a .deed ipf. composition, in' the,.bankrupt: estate. ,df. - Charles; ".'Thomas : 'Easton,-. butoher,Foxton,,; and ..annulled-his bankruptcy; .!. :.'■.:: : -:..' -:..'': ; . ;,:■. .■..-:;.•■.'. Owen , : -M/Wi]liams,. ;land••.agent,; ; .of. Polmcrston, rwas: adjudged (bankrupt .by. Judge Chapinau.on the. petition of crcdi-' tOrS.W. ? ;•::.;:':'.:■' / v'-;; ■:•*;,: ■;.;;:'

' Mr.;D. Buick, M.P., has gono'north lobo present, at the garden party which as being tendered: to-Mr.; W. :P. llassey.' ';'