PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1040, 1 February 1911, Page 9

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

(By Telecraph.-Suecial Corrcsronacnt.) Palmenton,. January 31. To-raorrpw evening (Wednesday) tho local Liedertai'el resumes practice tor .'the season. Mr. 11. G. Qnnter will undertake tho duties of conductor, as Mr. F. W. A. Mason, who has acted in. that capacity since tlw inception of the. Liedertalel, some i'oiri years ago, has removed some miles out ot town', nnd it would bo inconvenient for him to regularly attend the practices. Mr. Gunter is a musician of high attainments, atd under his baton the Liedertai'el will doubtless continue its successful career. Tho Palmerstori Court of Foresters held its usual meeting last evening, Bro. M. Iteaiiowski, C.8..', being in the chair. The woodwards. reported that there was only one member , on tho sick fund. A committee of past Olivers was appointed 'to arrange a court of instruction at an early date. It was decided to pay a fraternal visit to the cohrt at Feilding at the end 'of'Tebunary. The art union in connection, with the local court is to bo drawn on Saturday next. '

.Adjutant Hayward, officer in charge of the Palnierston 'corps of ,tho. Salvation , Army, -has appointed the following officers for . the ensuing ■ year:—Secretary Mr.- J. Griffin; treasurer, "Mr. A. J3..liowlands; sergeant-major, Mr. \\\ Fosterrecruiting sergeant, Mr. .H. Jackson; i.S., Mr. G. Plimmer; P.S., Mrs. Scot; standard bearer, Mr. G. Paltrid"o; bandmaster,, Mr. W. Pike;, band secretary, Mr. A. Rochj deputy bandmaster, Mr. J. Foster; band ~. sergeant,, Mr. G. Adamsi Y.P.S.M., Mr.A.-Cobb; Y.P.S.,'Mrs. A. B. Rowlands; C.C.G., Adjutant Lane; secretary L. and G., Mr. G. Jackson. There are also thirty-one bandsmen and twelve young people workers.

Mr. A. Whitehead, who returned only two or three weeks ago from' a healtlirccruiting.trip to tho■ Old Country, , oh Sunday went under a very serious operation. His many friends will , bo pleased to earn .that he came through it successiully, and is making good progress towards recovery. .-' ■

Mr.-M. Cohen, - president of the North Island Band Association, presided at a meeting of tho committee last evening when arrangements in connection-with the forthcoming contest here were further nut forward.' Correspondence was read trom a picture company, asking permission to take, moving - pictures'. at - the contest, and it was decided to allow auvono to ao what they thought fit in this direction without fee. It was decided to hold a reception for. visiting bandsmen on me show grounds, and it was left to the Mayoress (Mrs. Nash) to call a meeting Sr« n i,, t6 takc steps, in this ■ matter. Ah. h. White was appointed shorthand Z> for , the contest,, and the offer of the A. and P. Association of-thoMise of a uai oil the show grounds in which to hold the contests was accented. Correwas received from" tho Railway lTafiio Manager that holiday, excursion tares would bo granted during the contest. A large quantity of routino business was transacted. i., 1 , 1 ™ Palm ?rat°n water supply is causing the 'borough authorities some anxiety and, it tho present dry weather continues, . it will bo ueoessary to curtail the supply For some time past the water.has from time to time ceased to (low; over the lip of the dam, which means that. tho ■ supply is being used much faster than it is coming into tho dam Polls are to be taken on Friday on the -questions of providing filters and raising tho dam so as to provide greater storage. .

-At -a special meeting of tho Kairanca County Council to-day, Wednesday was fixed as the day for the statutory halfnoliday in the opUnty. Thirty-five bales of tow have been destroyed -by fire at Messrs. Green and Company's Poplar flaxmillnt Moutoa' the value of ,these being £50. The cause of the outbreak- was a spark from the' engUl?-« \ n as n only b i' tho c!imt s of the men _ that the flames were confined to the lOwshEd and did not spread to the mill, and scntching-shed, where about :G0 bales or hemp were stqr'ed.

■■A meeting of the combined Ground and Dairy bhow Committees of the Mnmnvatu A and P. Association was held this atternoou to consider th* report of the ™™= Committee that not more than £1000 should be spout this year, on additional buildings.' Major Dunk presided, and after considerable discussion a subcommittee was set up to obtain informato whatsort of building could bo c-reoted for this sum, and to report at another meeting of the committee on February 20.

A meeting of the committee appointed .at a meeting of ratepayers some time ago to consider the question of forming a Rivor Board to deal with the erosion caused by the Manawah! Rivor within tho borough wns held this afternoon. Tho Mayor presided, and tho necessary preliminary stops were taken to. set the matter in (rain.