PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1232, 14 September 1911, Page 2

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

(From Our Special Correspondent.) Palmcrston, September 13, At the adjourned meeting of the Bor> ongh Council last evening a motion that (ho council should apply to the Government for a commission in connection with the proposal to : erect a bridge over the Manawatu liiver was defeated by fivo votes to four, tho opinion -being expressed that tho Kairanga County Council waa tho proper body to undertake, tho work. A motion to raise- a loan of ,£2OOO to iuiprovo tho Municipal Opera Homo was also thrown out. Tho borough engineer reported that owing to, the dry season, only about six inches of water was running over the lip of the waterworks dam nt the present time. The question of procooding at once with tho work of raising tho dam was referred to tho Works Committee. Mr. H. H. Hunt has resigned as chairman" of the Oroua Drainageßoard, and Mr. G. Kendall, has beci appointed the vacancy. ' "■••'.•'• Tho newly-erected engineering workshop in connection .with tho Technical School was 'opened by Mr. Walter Rutherfurd last eve.iing. The new building is in brick. Sorao appliances have already been furnished. "That naval supremacy is the only effective defenco of the Empire" will bo debated between representatives of tho local branch of tho Overseas Club and tho Palmerston Debating Society on September 21. Tho Overseas Club is assembling a team to prove (ho atlirmative. Delegates of the Terrace End School Committee who atUmlod the rcc?nt coaforence of local school committees reported to their committee last night (hat no present action would bo. taken in connection with continuation classes at the Technical School. It was decided to support the proposal to hold a combined schools sports gathering. On tho recommendation of tho visiting committee it was decided to make improvements to the playgrounds, and to malco some garden plots. Tho Kairangn County Council met yesterday. It was decided to support tho New Zealand Counties' Association in connection with the Local Government Bill. Corrosponnenco was roooived from Messrs, Gutlme, M.P., and Newman, M.P., stnting that they would support an alteration in the present method of clcctaing harbour boards. Mr. Newman also forwarded a letter from the Public Works Depart; ment stating that the Lower Aornngi Road was not a road on which Government n-ssistonco could bo granted. Councillors Moody and Bryant were appointed to complete tho transfers in connection with the extension of College. Street to tile Awapiini racecourse. Tho plans of tho proposed roads through the Siberia Kstate. were referred back to have tho .'•ouncil's requirements fulfilled. It was decided to inform settlors at Stoney Creek that nothing could bo done towards clearing tho creek out unless they raised a special loan for the purpose It was also decided to pay Mr. J. Jvyle, Fituherbcrt Kasv, Id. per yard royalty on road metal, and to endeavour to purchase an aero of ground from him for a gravel pit. A deputation of Tiritoa settlers wailed on the council asking permission to erect a hall on a disused rond, but the council replied that it had no power to make over tho freehold or any right to occupy other than from year to y.ear. It was decided to callfnr applications tor a ranger for Liuton, Pnhialiia Road, and Old Road Mast. In connection with the hours worked bv tho council's employees, it was decided that they should begin at 7.30 a.m. and cease work at 5 p.m., with an hour for dinner. On Saturdays work should stop at noon. it thfi Police Court today, n man named John Mawn was fcnlencfd to seven days' imprisonment on n charge of flcalint; a clock from Hugh Baxter, of Knira.nga. Tho Ineal branch of tho Wellington Acclimatisation Society is collecting subscriptions towards establishing holdingponds in the vicinity of Palmorston. It is suggested that a separate society for Manawatu should bp formed. Tho "Standard" reports that it has been furnished with information that "two up" schools are flourishing in certain districts in tho Manawatu, and not a great distance from Palmorston. In one locality tho game is said to bo played with great zesi, and large sums change hands weekly. Sunday is usually (ho day s?t apart' for this form of pambling, and tho operations are conducted in a manner which is said to defy detection. "Our informant," adds the journal mentioned, "states that a spa» has been cleared in the bu.«li, where scat,-; have been liincod for tho comfort of the gamblers. Seonts are thrown out, and other arrangements made under a system which is as clever as it is safe, for the gamblers." A narrow escape from a serious acrklent occurred on the farm of Mr. J. Dalrillio on Monday. Mr, Bnlsillie has just had a concrete bridge designed and erected by an engineer across a crest on his property. A tract ion enitino was passing over it on Mciiday when tho structure collapsed, but, fortunntoly, Cue tender oi the engino caught on tho edgo and held up.-