PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1046, 8 February 1911, Page 6

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

(From Oar Sneclal CorresDondent.l • Palmerston N.,- February 7. The annual meeting of the High School! Board Governors "was held last night,.. .F: 7 * • Collingivood (chairman) presiding. In view ot the proposed "schem« to enlarge the representation on the Technical School Committee tho election of a chairman was postponed for a fortnight, though it w?.s the unanimous wish of tho ■ Governors that Mr. Collingwood should allow himself to bo re-elected for a further term. The report of the Technical School Committee showed that the number of pupils continued to increase. The finances were satisfactory in tfcet the - expenditure for the year had been kept ■ well within tho receipts: The work of the Director, Mr. F. i). Opie, and the teaching staff (i>."r-oering 27) was excep-. tionallv good. Tne cost of maintenance of the school building was greatly increased daring the year owing to High School being carried on there, since ita" building was destroyed by fire.

The chairman of the High School reported that the work of the school for the greater portion of the year had been carried on under difficulties owing to tho destruction of the building hv fire. The attendance of pupils during the year had been a record, and there was every in- _ dication that there would be a still: greater increase in the coming year, prob- i ably necessitating the appointment of an- j other teacher. In connection with the : new school," it 'would be - necessary to : raise funds for furnishings, but the • Mayoress (Mrs. J. A. Nash) had kindly, volunteered to assist in this direction, y and a function would shortly be organised , with this , object. ' /

The ordinary meeting of the board was aftonvards lield, when the rector's; report was read. This showed that' there ' were eighty new pupils enrolled, the total,' roll now being 122 boys and 72 girls. • Pupils from the school had been most successful in the recent examinations. The rector also mentioned that the number of boarders had overtaxed the accom-modation-and it would be necessary for him to mate additions to the house. It was decided to call for applications for a male assistant at a salary of .£l5O per • annum.

Air. Allan Strang, a well-known resident of I'alracrston, leaves Wellington-to-morrow oil an. extended visit Country.

His Majestv's Theatre, the latest ven-' ttue of Messrs. J. Fuller and Sons, was op'oned last night as a moving picture show. Every available part of' the building, which is a very large one, was occupied, and very large numbers of . people had to be turned away. Mr. Fuller, sen., performed the opening ceremony,, and also contributed a vocal item, singing his old favourite sons. "Geraldint." An orclies- . tra, led by Mr. Ciinino, contributed in- ■ cidental music.

The forthcoming band contest of th» North Bland Bands' Association promises to be highly succesfsul. There aro ten entries in the A grade and twelve entries in the B grade. Six of the bands come from the South Island. All the best bands have. entered, and fruiu a contest' and musical point of view the gathering will probable prove a record one. Some of the bands will arrive here on Thursday, while most of them will be here by Saturday..

Two l'almerston vouths, Sergeant-Major Gill and Sergeant Paltridge, of the Boy Scoutf, are apnlicauts for the Australian cadotships, and have been notified to present themselves for examination in iington immediately. The examination i» a prettv stiff one, including five subjects, from English, geography, history, «lementary mathematics, geometry,, algebra, and general knowledge; also two subjects from mathematics, chemistry, physics, French, German, or Latin, wlulc therearo examinations in physical and medical matters.

Mr-; .T. Xa-h (Mayoress) has consented to jiulgc the fancy work at the Pahiatua show on Thursday and Friday. "\lr. F- Gardes, who has been in the employ of the Borough Council for the past fourteen years, and has had charge of the borough stable?, has resigned to take- up ii position with the I'oxton Borough Council.

Can the following instance of "red tnpeism" Ixi beaten? A party of Paluierstpnians, who proposed to spend their Christ- • mas holidays at i'oxton, made application through the member for tho district, for pcrmifsion to camp a few nights on Kapili, the intention being to go on a fishing excursion in the vicinity of the island in a motor launch, and not desiring to return to I'oxton for, tho night. It is understood there was great dim-' culty ill locating the proper head of Department or Minister to whom to refer tlie matter, and the application travelled around from one Department to another until six weeks afterwards, when the applicants had long since spent their holidavs and returned to their homes. answer was received that the application would be granted, provided the applicants • "did not take any dogs or firearms with them." AYliy on earth should they want "dogs and firearms" to catch fish with. The Palmcrston Guards, under Captain IPMnrra.v, wrnt into camp at the show "rounds nijrlit for a weeks trainiug. fittv-five men are under canvas. •lames Johnstone, the professional golf ..layer has been retained by tho Manawntu Golf Club as coach, ctc. At a meeting of tile committee a hearty vote of lli'iiiks was accorded .Mr. Allan SvrnnK» club captain, who is. about to visit Eng-1-tnd fcr past services, the aunual ltieetin K of the Golf Club is to bo held ou jlarch -1. The lwu=o of Mr. Thomas Griggs, which was much damaged by fire yesterday af- / tornoon, was insured m the State Office for XtoO. The furniture, which was also a, good deal damaged by f;ro anil water, was insured in the New Zealand Office for. .£IOO. ...