PALMERSTON NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 924, 17 September 1910, Page 10

PALMERSTON NEWS.

iFrom Onr Special Correspondent.) Palmerston N.| September 16. All Saints' Children's Homo benefited to the .extent of £24 10s. from the efforts of a number of children belonging to AH Saints' Church, who held a sale of work in the Sunday school-room last night. The young people. got the goods together themselves, and are to be complimented on the admirable work they have accomplished. Nurse Mander, who has been compelled by ill-health to resign her posias district nurse, was farewelled by a large number of members of the , St. John Ambulance Nursing Division, at the residence of Mrs. Mowlom, superintendent. Keen regret was expressed that Nurse Mander was compelled to leave the district for the reason stated, the change from constant indoor nurs-' ing to the strenuous life of attending to outdoor patients all over the district at all hours of day and night having proved too much for her. Nurse "Mander was presented with a silver, ser- . viette ring bearing' her' initials ( as a small token of the regard in- which . she is held. . ■•' •' .! Groat sympathy is felt , for Mr. and Mrs. J: A. M'Crea, of Whakaronga, in the bereavement they have.' 'sustained through the death- of, their daughter, Mary. Stanley M'Crea, which took place at an early" hour this morning at Mrs. Freeman's;• private . hospital. * The young lady, who was only..between 18. and ,19 years :of. age; was' a'few; : days ago tak-' ing a singing lesson when she suddenly became unconscious. With the exception of occasional lucid intervals, :Miss M'Crea was unconscious for most of the time since, her sudden seizure, and although everything that: medical skill could suggest, including two operations, was done for her/ meningitis set in, and she succumbed. Miss M'Crea was a bright, .happy girl;'and-a great favourite wjtli ail who knew her, more especially' with the giris of. the High School where she was one .of the. brightest pupils. . ; .

There was only a moderate attendance at the Opera' House last night, when the second' series- of'elocutionary contests, organised by the Technical School, was held. ' There, was again : good competition ;in the various classes, which proved ihost' interesting, . and ■ most: of the contestants came in for loud applause. In the reading-at-_sight competition there were five entries, and Mr: Byron Brown, of_;Otaki, proved the winner with. 45 points, out of -a possible 45, Mr. R; H. Billens coming a close second with 38 points." The subject read was; "A.Night at Sea,", from Martin Ohuzzlewit; 1 In the test recitation for men: "Tubal Cain," . Mr. Byron Brown gave "a' brilliant exposition and won easily, making. the possible, 100 points. Mr. V.Gnristenson was second .with; 94 points, and Mr. L. W. Hanlon- third with 90.' : Miss Mabel Pole," of ptaki, added to" her laurels of the previous evening- by . winning . the ladies', Shak&^arean^test '■ "piece . "A': Dethroned; Queen, 55 Miss plater, of Wellington' coming vsecond, >and ...Miss Beaumont,-, Otaki, • third:r /The'. men's humorous recitation was won by Mr. W. S. Oliver, of Palmerston,: iMr. - D. Fraser,. Feilding,. second. The impromptu debate. ;:was; : ::not''.; completed owing to a misunderstanding.