PALMERSTON NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1339, 17 January 1912, Page 3

PALMERSTON NEWS.

THE BATHS MOVEMENT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Palmerston, January 1(1. Mr. A. Seifert, of the iirm of A. and L. Seifert, the well-known flasinillcrs, lias

invented aiyimproved apparatus for sort- - ing blades of flax, ami also an apparatus - for gripping ami conveying tl ax to t' lo ; scutcher, lie has applied for letteTS patent 5 for both. ,Mr. W. Hunter, chairman of directors, presided over the adjourned annual meot--1 ing of the local Stnrr-Bowkett Society. . 'l'lio annual report and balance-sheet, which wore considered highly satisfactory, were adopted, and Messrs. S. Watson and "\V. A. Kliott were re-elected directors. At the conclusion of the annual meeting the directory met. and Mr. £>. J. Watson was clect«l chairman, a he-artr voto of thanks being accorded the retiring chairnian. The ordinary meeting of Court Mayawati), A.0.1'., wa.s held last evening, Bro. A. Levy presiding over a large attendance. 'I'hs report of til© woodwards showed that there were a number of members on the siek list. Ono new member was initiated, and another proposed. The quarterly balance-sheet showed that £70 had been drawn from the sick fund durt ing the past three months, but there had been a substantial increase in the funds and tli? membership. Mr. G. Hirsch was the only nopunation for the position of parents' representative oil the High .School Board of Governors. lie has declared re-elected. The erection of swimming baths was fully discussed at a meeting of delef gates from the various town schools and 1 representatives of the Borough Council 0 last night, the Mayor presiding. Eventu- - ally on the motion of the Mayor it was - unanimously resolved that it was desirf able that the Campbell Street School Committee should erect swimming baths - for tha UK! of ail schools and the public - generally, and that the Borough Council be a-sked for the necessary water. It - was also resolved, on the motion of Mr. T. J. Ilodder, "That this meeting of school committees recommend the Borough Council to bring forward another loan proposal of not moTe than -Xisoo for cold water municipal baths." f Palmerston N., January 16. Several of the official heads of the Kail--1 way Department, including Messrs. ]!o----:i nayne, Beattie, Buxton, f'earson, and 1 Burnett?, paid a visit of inspection to the - PaJmereton railway station to-day, it being the annual- inspection. Yesterday - they were at i'o.Tton inspecting the station and rolling-stock. I Sneak thieves have been at work in . Palmerston in several directions. One place visited was the Palmerston Drill Hail, which was broken into and a number of articles stolen. The police have the matter in-hand.. , . At the Police Court to-day, before Mr. A. D. Thonison, S.M., three boys were con- - victcd of breaking into Mr. H. Palmer's auction room, forcing the door with a ; crowbar. Each was fined £2, lo bo paid off by-weekly instalments of 2s. Gd. e The horses attached to the Terrace End ; bus bolted to-day. They smashed the , pole of the vehicle, and threw themselves 1 to the ground. Ono qf them was secur[l od, but the other got away, and in its ; career collided with a ladder leaning against a shop in Broad Street. A .. painter was on the ladder engaged at his '. work, and he was thrown off, but fortun- ,, ately. managed to grab the spouting, \vhio(i he clung to until the ladder was ; put up again. •, A team of bowlers returning from the , Wellington tournament, comprising s iTessrs. Frew, Miller, E. Martin, and e Flewellyn (skip), played a game on the i. l'almerstrm green this morning against a ~ rink consisting of Messrs. Bryant, Clau--5 sen, A. Pickering, and Tasker (skip). Tho latter won after a close game by 17 1 to 15. Mr. C. J. Tregurtha, a very old resii dent of Palmerston, is in a private hoss pital here in a serious condition, after undergoing an operation lor an internal complaint;