PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 923, 16 September 1910, Page 6

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY

' : ./tProm Our. Special Correspondent.)/- ,■ i, ,i , --Palmerston:' North, September ID. . There, was, i/a';; largo ' gathering:./ of' the Masonic, craft; at .Lodge llanawatu Kel'Winn{hg,y:last: night,/there'-being/about:. a ;Euridred/meiibers ; :present; : those including: ;visitors,;from/: all/ over, the/.district,: the ;'i!'eUding : ; L6'dge/ ilieihK: represented by seventeen members. . . tt'.M. l Bro.: "W. ■. H. Oollingwood presided: • -:i- ] ■/' . ;/!■.;'//' . The' annual /elocutionary 'contests, inaugurated 'by •. the Palmerston /Technical' Schdol;;', dro w: /iy/■ In rge/'aiidi.enca/.kt/'the Operii/'House ,;iast:'iiight,when 'the!.:fii'st, ol'; the'seriesj-'occupying' three'nights, :to'ok' iplace.; ■ The 'proceedings we're, opened with atspeeoh /from'.Mr; : 'W. /Rutherfurd,. who referred to the >work' r of the Technical ;SBhoori;iri:;;prpirib'tirijg:;:.^ontests'.V'-'-bf.':-':. : the' deseriptiori, ./which v.weriV;/of .. 'great/aßsist-: anc«' in giving confidence' to young' people r in.;'( learning/thri/'artv/of/' public.,-speaking; while' the.:, funds ~ ma-, terially "'assisted.': Mr',; 'F. v ■Dr Ople, di-. v.the//Teehnical. School, acted, as ; stage/ arid .Mr.- D.' Park jas tiine : t keeper.-,: ; ;.Th'eV onerous/Zjosition of judge was .filled by ':Mr.;,;T.|.,'Lihto'ay .Buick,/ of : Darinevirke,l whpte decisions .were .uriquet; ■■tiqhsd!'p^TOe':'resultsV6f^th'e'''.vai , ib'ii's'.:con-.' tests:/have'/been .'.reported 'by. Press ciation inespnge; ... ;.-• !;.'.

. An old. identity • named Peter :Gray, an old soldier,, and well known for,, his love dogs.,;iind '■ poetry;-.has 'been . taken'.to • the Mental Hospital, at Porirua. i.- ■ • / The SalVation naval: fair was :agairi-'; ; ve^/;:-'largely'■: attended V .liight,. ! arid ' good business was' done.! During: the; /evening .;'a novelty . march; was hold, /aiid' a niimbi'f ;of, >yocal: items' given:'■ -

.- :-Thb-^EiaSTb#vI l obtM^(3uV.'held- 1 ; it?' 'annual-smokeVcohcert.vlast ; night, V; the. ;prbslderit.. : : : (Mr/,yE;-"o.i' Hurley) occupying .the.' chair.,''; The medal for the' best;-fbr : ward was\.presented: Ho. - J;.'lt. : j. Hardie, that' for ' the' best 'back being, awarded., to :-ii: AValdegraTe,' and; a 'similar trophy for, the": most 'P. iUUlan.' A number of toasts were honoured. j: At .the card tournament. last' night of, the Loyal :Manawatu Lodgo-of 'Oddfellows, a: valuable biscuit ..barrel; suitably," inieribei!, ' was presented ito . Bro.; C. , H. in .'recoghitipn.of-.the. valuable work; which- he had; done: oh- behalf of : the lodge', and also '\as' v secretary• '.of, t-hp 4'rien'dly "Societies''yCdtih'cil.' ' -Prizes ; in .connecton''with' the 'card i'tournament were presented to. Mrs." Wright and Bro. .Schramm. . *.. '.' ' v

■ -The Grand'National-Bazaar, in'coniiectioii witi St; 'Patrick's Pdrisli, 1 concluded last .night,; when, there .was' a, record-at-tendance; ind about i£2oo was. taken. Twr'of: .'.in'' the'.'art union went (o Mr; 'Afassev,-Leader of the Opposition, whb,' merahlers' pif • Parliament, Was: "arvisitor- ■' to- the.-fair. :on -Mondaly afternoon, ■ : *duririg'-his' ; ;visit4o Palraerston.' The proved 1 successful beyond; '-V i;'/.