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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 750, 24 February 1910, Page 3

PALMERSTON.,

\Out of oighteen applicants for the.position of second, assistant master;at, the Campbell Street School,., the Education Board forwarded four names to the local coininittee, and Mr. R. H. Gray was selected to fill the position. Mr. Gray will commence duty at the .beginning of next month. ... \ •,„ The Palmer'ston Technical Committee has appointed Mr. Seivert. instructor in repousse work. ... ' .■ ■ : ' , At last night's meeting of the .'Borough Council, a' deputation representing, the Mana'watu Golf Club ,waited 1 on the council to urge that immediate steps; should bo taken to protect the bank; of tho. Manawatu River, at. Hokowhitu. _ The council gave the engineer instructions to proceed with the work..Tho inadequacy of the accommodation at the local gaol was dealt'with, and it - decided to endorse, the action of the Chamber of. Commerce in' approaching the Minister for Justice on the question; Councillor Haydon stated that lie would not be at all surprised, diirjng "the prevailing hot weather, to hear , of a man the worse for liquor dying in the: cells, so insanitary were they. The engineer was instructed ■to prepare an. estimate .of the : cost oi treating the roadway "around the Square with_a coating of crude .petroleum .with a view to abating the dust nuisance. The engineer .was also, instructed to prepare an estimate of -the, cost of erecting a. destructor, ,rprovision, to be. made _ for. .utilising the heati to power, to IjehtHhe House, and also •tO} warm tho : water in the proposed swimming'baths. A plan submitted by tho Mana'watu '..Auctioneers' Association ;for proposed new. saleyards :in Peatherstoni and Grey was .approved, ' Tho coun.cil decided that the. portion of the yards. for ;cattle' must be concreted. -

The following is a'list'of creditors in the bankrupt estate of Owen M'Willams, land agent, Palmerstonl—Loan, and Mercantile Agency Co., J. Bett and Co,, ".£l3; Mounsey and: C0.',"520;-Keeling ana Mundy, i£2 55.; N..Pcdersen;' .£2 45.; Dr; O'Brien; iE3 is.'; Dr. Peach, J62; Burton Brewery Co., ;: Collis and Son, .El; Mellsop and Sliott, «£1 15s. ; C. J. Munro,' ■m 25.;;. H. L. Scott,,il,Bs.;'.G."H. Bennett, Bs.; Union Timber Co.,- je'l 155.; Borough Council, j612; Pernian and Gilchrist, 95.; G. Allman, i 2 -125.; ; A. G." Kirigsbeer, £li 12s. Gd.;. L. Bergersen, 125..6d.;:T0ms and Grubb, «£0; estate'W. P. Smith, >SIG Bs.; E. Stevenson, £1 75.; W.. B. Hawkins, dCIS; A'. E. Meatyai'di ■214; Levin and Co., ;Domution,' is.; "N.Z. Times," £& lis."Evening Post," JJ2; O'Regan' and Dix, .£9 Bs.; Findlay, Dalziel and Co.', 25.; Stone's Directory, J!2 125.; P. C. Freeth, ~£4; J. "N.Z.'Graphic;" & 25.; "N.Z. Farmer," 105.;." N.Z. Town and Country Journal;" £12 6s. Bd.; W. H. Pajiie, >£2; Manning and Co., JE2.