PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 919, 12 September 1910, Page 3

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

. •■■':(By > Correspondent) %. :;; : '■'■■ ,Bigiit: oarisi.of received l frdmrtheVMasterfcon ; hatchery. ;by: .yesterday's strain,;: and >,\\Hll., be;:dis-; tributed. among' : tlie suitable \ streams ; 'iii : 'the< district' by Mr. George'M'Don-.: v ald ori behalf of the -Palmerston ibranch of the' Wellington '.'Accliniatisatidn.'•So■.piety.?''-,:'.■..■'.''.■- ■■"■'■':■: '■:;.. i : 'yi> -As'.'::■'.'• :.■-- '■'Tho 'Palmerston, icSiui'; Club'''will open' .the'season nest Saturday 1 with a\ match foir prizes''donated 'by''.Messrs..' IS.- D. Stiibbsj Jf. ; ;Kyle,,and a special prize: given ■by.-Mr.y J.'llbbin-; ,son lfor .the .highest; Score. 'The ..;club • has; nearly a; : ; dozen trophies for .conip'e-'' tition. during the, seagoiu'; . ';■, : , ,'j The- : annual/children's.'sooial ■'■in-';.con-'; nection with: the :.Aokauterey School -will be-held;on^riday'evening : next. ; : /:'■ i '-; ,!:,;TheV.Pouaugiua;:portion of '.tti'e';.. Palrnefston Anglican'parish is to ;be''separated; at the:.en'd of the.''year ) ' ; an : d' i the bishop has appoiuted 'the: llevl'j A.-IW;.' Payne' to. tlie,cure.;.Mr;-Payno'ha'B been assistant'durate,at, : Palmerston for.oyef ■twelve". mbnthsj; and' is' ; ;populai" ,among ; aU" sections; pf\ tho.community.' ;£ ''■:;.;:':;" ; ;. ; , : A' number ''of residents',at; : the..upper, ; end :,bf "■ : Rahgitilcpk;-} Street, a'. /peculiarj '-if- not; : startlirigi'. experience 'on', iThursday;' morning;:'' :About'' 2'■. o'cltfcki'a business -man ;,heafd; : a \hammering-'."go-: ing'.on'i ; ; 'which'.C!!ased,,for; a; time-'and 'then went on-, listening for 'a timejhe.came,-to ! the; conclusion that' burglars were"at .'work: bri.his ;saie in, 'the'-: factory,; adjdining7' : Bo!?armiiig \'?bm£ self ;\nth'va';.weapon''of ■'defence;'aiid, a; '■ buli'e.-eye' lantern, :,.;ho; ■'•:sallied;, fqrth.; After ■inspepUn'g';^he''w'hp i imisos without discovering..the i abouts. of vthe •'"' mysterious _';. noise, ■;: he' 'sfarted'further aneld;.; and,in the'street, ;same,;across a'.;weU-knowii..divihe,:,.who; : had .also•been disturbed;from.hiajpeace'r; .ful...slumbersXby l ;the..'sameSmy :s6unds.;. v They' 'w'ere:.'Wien..joiiied. by ■ ft. llivery •stablekeeperj; ; whb' : lived in. .the. vicinity.' ' The; hammering, still--,went; on; ..at.;intervals,; and on; closer: investigations .the; cause;.\v;a i s.;'at.nast.,disc6vefed ; . 'A-. drainyhad,;b'e'eh; '/.the '/New;'': Zealand' Dair y: :; Jhion' s ':,'factory;: abouti-twqvfeet; and; into''. .'uhfortuhatehorse; had;. managed to roll,, "with'.its;legs;'in 'the\air. : . It. was, the ''.battering:-'■ of : .'its', hoofs '; .'occasionally; against.the.w'aUpf ; iho.fa6fory'.that had. '.aroused; the'!'people, in ■; the: .neighbourhood. ' The horse had: wedged .'itself ;'so. : I .tightly'info:tho 'drain'that: it .tpbk.sev-, leral'. hours to :extricate';it,' ,andtbvei Ijob; 'was' ati ; last;;acc6mplish'ed, ; by:;the :ai'd i pi. ;-a-block.and tackle. •The v animal,'Was not. ;.seriously;: hurt;; and wili. be'. fit; for work; .'again-.in the/course; of ;a:few■-.weeks.-/.:. -' D. M. ,M''Cracke'n';'will ... replace; Mr. More here, in charge of. the Church , ;'bf;. Christ. ' Mr./ More', lias ,been;trans•ferred'td Queensland/;::" ■!'■ -.', ; .'; "':-'■■ The' sub-committee;' of';-.;the? district 'scout'movemeht r has arranged.tp,hold;a district gathering-on'::Nq'vpmber";;l9.,on': the ■ Palmerstpn • . spprts.:.;,' 'ground, when; the'.'.different'troops: in ;-the: Manawatu ; and Horowheniia: districts will ■ The programme ,-which: the boys, will, 'have to go; through .willinclude Morsesignalling,' tent> .'building, and pitching,: , bridge|.building,,marchingj,.■ bugle.;,_and drum contests, . ambulance _; exercises,, ' lassoomg,' knotting ■ 'and :splicingj, etc.,While there .will! alspV ho'■;a; number -of -spprts • items,, such-' as Marathon .'-races,; :polo.-jumping, .tugs-pfTwar,,.'etc. . '£; concert-is also to beheld.;. .•-. ~•'