PALMERSTON NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1209, 18 August 1911, Page 4

PALMERSTON NEWS.

HONOURS IN MUSIC. (From Our Special CorrcsDoudenfc.) . ' Paliiicrston, August 17. Ihe Manawatu Horticultural Society has appoinl-cd tlip following Ladies' Com. imtteo to work nil matters in i-oiiipcimiii with its spring snowMesdaines Tripp. C. J. Monro, L. A. Abraham, li. S. -\.biahani, F. .1. Nathan, R. M. 11 'Knight, M. Cohen, and Misses M/Lemian, Buick, and Glendiiiing. Tho hoardings which have figured in Main Street West, alongside 'lie railway line, have been removed by the railway authorities. The agitation for their removal has been long and persistent. At tho Police Court yr.stenlay, a number of parents were fined for neglecting to semt their children to school regularly. The district military surgeon visited R-ongolea yesterday, and examined over, sixty youths for tho Territorial forces. At the Tel-race End School . yesterday, Arbor Day was celebrated by'the planting of a number of trees in the schoolgrounds, ihe trees were donated by Mr. F. Mayo. Iho results of the R.A.JI. ajid R.C'.M. (.London) examinations, held in Palmerm°. u t ll '^ a,v ' a '*' ' lavo ' >e< ' u I'ecoived by Mr. J. C. Lane, the local secretary, anil are as follow -.—Advanced grado harmony, Barbara A. Campbell (Wa-nnevirko), 102: rudiments of music, Dorothy Richmond, (PaJmerston), 85; Margaret Nash (Palmcrstoji), 81; Mavis Buchanan (Palmer-* f ° n) ' ,3 ;„.J! I ' i , mar -V sch ° ol esaniinauoiis: ,m ry ' T iJJi<;liniiia Ebe.rhard, 87. The next quarterly sitting of tho PnJmerston Licensing Bench will bo held on be]i torn her i.

A narrow escapo from what might liavo proved a. very serious affair happened at the Pa merstop railway station last night, when tho last train camo in from Welling, ton. A passenger named Mr. 11. M'Notflia' was alighting from tho train before it had actually slopped, when ho misused his looting and foil between tho carriages. Ho was quickly extricated. Medical examination at the hospital, where ho was sent in the ambulance, showed that no bones luid been broken, but that h<> had been badly strained and bruised. : At tho Police Court to-day a man named Mark Olson, was charged with breaking and entering the office of Murrav, Thomas and Co., at Paliiicrston, on Tuesday last, and stealing therefrom a cash boi containing a cheque book, papers, and Is, 111 -money, and with obtaining, from Njmi--nor Marere by means of a valueless chequo for ,£'t, a watch chain and other goodg valued at .£!), and lis. in money, Ao< cused was remanded till to-morrow. The Mayor (Mr. J. A. Nash) is laid aside with a very severe attack of influenza, and will not bo able to loavo his home for some days at least.

Tho annual meeting of the Awahuri Cooperative Dairy Company was held at Awahuri last night. Tliero were about forty suppliers present, and the chairman mi d, . re ? tors ( llr - J - Chcethaui) presided, the Ijalniice-sheot ami r-cirart were adopted. It was dccidcd (o pay a dividend of Per cent, on all paid-up capital, and a small balance of ,t:)0 was carried to the reserve account. Messrs. H. Sent, X. Campbell (retiring directors) wore re-elect-ed. A motion by Mr. Binns to do away with proxy voting was lost. Votes of thanks were accorded the staff, directors, and the secretary (Mr. A. Clark), and the meeting terminated. At a subsequent meeting of directors, Mr. Cheethani waa re-elected chairman.

Mr. I'. liall.v, . Conciliation Commissioner, sat 011 Wednesday after* noon 111 connection with the do* jiinnds being made for a couutry n\vara by'« tho local branch of (h<j Cooks and Waiters' Union. The employers wero represented by Messrs. W. JJevinc, J. A. I'awson, and A. 11. liogors (Palmeraton), C. J. M'Carthy, J. Foster, and (j. M'Donald (Wanganui); ami the by J 1; ' J- Carey, C. Marshall, and 1. Geistcr. An agreement was eventually come to, based 011 tho Wellington award, with a few minor alterations to suit the conntry conditions. The Court will be asked to convert tho agreement into an award to apply to tho burroughs of l'almerston and WauganUi only.

A meeting of builders was held on W cdnesday afternoon at tho offico of the Manawatu . Employers' Association to consider the demands for if new nward by the Cartraitors' and 'Joiners' Union. Mr. A. E. Bennett presided. After going through' tho demands it was decided lo make counter proposals, based on the old award, applying to this district, which ran out some tini-a ago. The representative of the union (Mr. . W. Maddison) waited on the meeting, but 110' agreement could be como. to. an,d tho dispute will como before tho Conciliation Commissioner in tho ordinary course.