PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 953, 21 October 1910, Page 6

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

: :',(By : Teleßrap^Sj>ecml- ; Oorrcepbiident.)';.: I'' , '; ''..■ ': ; . : /i' : \-Palmerston, l /.-pcti6ber'-'. ; 20 , .The ■tourtli^MniTers!ffv\oiE , --'tiie,'. : iiaiigu-: ration- of All. Saints'; Children's -Home'was, afternWn, r by,'-.a'. .large;, gathering iof Syell-wishei;s.,'o£ '• fhis; ■'very- useful institution.:, has : been enlarged,.several: times: ;sinc'e' it .was. ; first /occupied,. and js .nmyJup^to '■'■■its-JfiiU'. capacity. looked; bright and . ; >happy,.;' .theirs., appearance. l ;speaking. ; well for ■ the care and attention ■given .them. by. \the;matr6nJT\Miss : ,.Pole3v •The'-;-visitors 'brought with' them.n-irianjf gifts' forttie inmates. , , >During'.,the"affe; noon,,.tea,-was dispensed' by Miss'.' Foley. : A. presentation .'of. a.framed -, photograph; of-the children in the home : was; : mnde to'i Archdeacon'; Harper; '.'.who- is -shortly.' leav-ing"'-..for';' Wellington/;-; Mr) , ; A.'. : Skerman';: secretary .of; .the. ; Home; Committee, ex-' pressed the regret, which, all; felt at Aiehacacon- Harper'e:■ departure from their .midst.':". ;; ;;;•' ' : ":':'!• :.,y-'■-,':' ; y'A '.''''''. , '- ! '-y.' : - : An! alariii, was sounded 'on the. nrebell: a, little after ■ten;;o'clook,last night,': bu.t : fortunately it turned out: to be a : false, one;; ,'At , the same 'time, these', alarms are expensive io; the.; Eire Board, , ' as the brigade ; is paid -every, .time that-it -musters,'whether the alarm is false,or.■gerfuirie/ "•There, was a^laree;attendance; at. tbe final "social" .of; the , local;. Lodge' of; Druids , last "■; evening.- ; Bros. '-'.Pycroft; Xyall, \aud -.Eobb'j were M.C.'s, and ing was , ;kept ; up' till the early ihours "of ,'this, morning.. 1 :' ;,,;;;'■:■' :; ■.'■"'-■:"'. ; "■■,-: '. A deputation' froia the Mana;yatu' Flaxmillers' .Association ' ; will ; ;wait on', the Minister- irivconnection with'Hhe giving of a bonus for ; improvements in .flaxdressing lnaehine'ry. The association desires" to, have the: bonus -.increased . j 0 'oi!5000-- : -i;;-':;- i :v-x.;;; ; .■;;■-..•;-. : ,,vV'.

• : iThe .Palmerston; b'ranchv'of- 1 the" Navy'League has- donated sixteeir prizes to; tho primary .and secondary ..scho'pls!" of , '..the district 'for the -best- essays on thrTsubject: "What .would become of 'Britain sßfire her ; mvj-destroyed^ , . ■■■■■•■.■'.. ■•■" ■■ v-