PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1010, 28 December 1910, Page 2

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY

. 'ByTelcgraph—Swcial .Correspondent.'.' Palmersfon .North, December 2". : : The Hospital Day Committee' had " ar< ranged to make the usual collections in aid of the hospital funds on Saturday, but as that day turned out so inclement the committee in the. morning decided-to ' postpone canvassing the. town till somewhere near Easter. As it happened, the weather cleared in the afternoon, and the " evening was .beautifully fine. During the day and evening: large crowds of people came into town from tho country, and in' ' ■ the evening.it was almost impossible to '' get along the footpaths- in the Square, so congested was the traffic/ ■ Bnsiness in " ! Christmas goods appeared very brisk in ' all the shops-in-fact,, tradesmen assert ' • this Christmas has been tho best for jears. . .■'.'.■■'. y ;■• : . Though some eight "drunks" were dealt with..at the-PolicesCourt.yesterday morn-'"-•'.. has-been .an -entire, absence of-- "■- "hoodlumism." Several cases of petty : . ■ thieving have,,however, been reported... y About the-only thing to mar.tho holi-' day here was a rather serious tr.ap-acci-de.nt on Saturday, night -A' party, of four ladies were leaving; the stables in. Kangitikei' Street when their'•• 'vehicle collided with a cab with such .force, that all-four bruises and .abrasions. ; - The horse bolted: 'away up Eangitikei Line; and after'goingr .about'two.;miles'raiijdpwn another trap. 1 containing Mr. and Mrs. Mallet, of Kai-1 ranga... Both, vehicles, were capsized, and" the occupants of Mri Jtalletfs. trap, were' very much knocked about, but, fortunately escaped Vithout brokon-'bones,' The. vehicles were a good'deal damaged. '■ "■" ■' ArrangemcEts in connection with ' tho.' military, and naval tournament are now almost complete. A figure march by boys and girls has, been added to the pro-, gramme. Captain C. H. Warden, who is . an expert in .these, matters, has vthis items in hntid,. so that it should nrovo" a very, attractive event. .■.""' • " .';.■'■ :About 9:30 o'clock "on Saturday night a' ' fire occurred in .Long: Jledford Ebad; a coatinuation of College Street; the 'build-ing-destroyed-being-the residence of Mr.. B. Young, which -was owned by -Mr. . Fearnley. : The house was insured ; for : ■£200. ~- •■■:,' . •/ : ~'.' ~..'' ; .