PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1419, 20 April 1912, Page 10

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

(By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.) Palmersjon, April lit. An inquiry in I o tho circumstances surrounding Iho accident li'sullinu in the death uf tho young ninti, Percy U. Field, nt liongbiirn un AYednesdav night wns held to-day before. Mr. A. 1). "Thomson, K.M., coroner, and u jury of six, of which Mr. A. Turner wns foreman. Evidence wont to corroborate (lio nccount of the accident already published, and the. jury relumed u verdict: ''That deceased met his death by being knocked down by a motor-car, driven by .1. W. Milner, but that (hero wns no blamo attachable to anyone." At tin' annual meeting of the Friendly Societies' Council, thn following ollicers wero elected for llio ensuing veiir:—l'resi(lent, Bro. F. Itolfe (A.O.l''.)'; vico-iiifsi-denl, Bro. I". W. Petlelt (M.U., 1.0.0.P.); secretary, Jlro. J. Uni (Orient); treasurer, Bio. 0. Altaian (I.O.I!.); auditor, Jiro. - \V. Woodroll'o (M.U., 1.0.0.1-'.); trustee, Bin. ,1. Oleeson (II.AX'.U.S.). Bro. Duthio was presented willi a past president's jewel as a mark of esteem, regarding tho innuiier in which !io had carried out his duties during the past year. The coining inter-Lodgo card tournament, was discussed. The first match of the season will bo plnyed ou May i. A contract for tho construction of tho holding ponds for tho Acclimatisation Society in Victoria Esplanade has been lei to" Messrs. Griggs mid Son.