PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1011, 29 December 1910, Page 2

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

. ————-V . (By Telesrap'j.—Soccial Correspondent.) Palmerston N., December .28./: . Still ■ another alarm was- sounded , on . the fire-bell last liight a' little eleven o'clock—this time for c fire in a shop in the large. two-storey block of brick buildings in Cuba Street, occupied by a number of people. The fire start- . eil in the portion occupied ;by Mr, ..' Hicks, 'tobacconist.' The station, how-. ever, is close at hand, and the firemen were quickly on the spot, and had the conflagration extinguished much y harm was done, most of the damage being caused by water. The ■ greatest lors was occasioned by the* smashing of tho plate-glass window. The building is in- y sured for .£3000,' there being .£175 on ... the stock in the National Office. .

; The, Manawatu. Eifle Association will - hold its annual meeting -on the Hokowhitu Range (near Falmerston). on Sat- -I urday and Monday,-January.'2l and 23. *.

The Manawatu Bowling Centre - con-•; eluded its annual tournan'.ent : on the--' Terrace End Club's green last evening, ' the Woodville rink proving tile-winners - of tho Centre banner and gold medals. . Nino rinks competed, and the . follow- : ing arc the results:—Nicholson (Wood-' ville), 7 wins, 1 loss; J. A. Nash. (Pal- 1 ■ mersioii. North), 5—3; (Palmerston), 5—3; P. Mowlem (Palmerston), . 5—3; Sutcliffe (Marton), 5—3;" Byron . Brown (Otaki), 5 —3; Sollitt (Terrace End), 4—l: Turner (Terrace End), 2—s;' Naylor (Terrace End), : o—B. At tho conclusion of.', the-: tournament, the Mayor of , Palmerston ; (Mr. J. A. Nash), who is also-chair- ; man of ; .the Centre, Congratulated Wood- : ville on their very meritorious win. Chefers were then given for tho winners, the Mayor, and the executive, and Mr. H. Mowlem, hon. secretary of the tour- | liament, was complimented on the manner in which he had carried out' his • duties. \ - • ... ;