PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1484, 5 July 1912, Page 9

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

(By Tcleciapb.—Special Correspondent.) Palmerston, July 5. Eleven building permits were issued in Palmersloji .Vorlli during Ihe past month, liuildiug operations continue fairly brisk. At the Police Court on Wednesday morning a Chinese was lined £i and costs for cruelty to n, horse. Tho oaso was described us a bad one. The estimate for tire prevention expenditure in Palmerston lor the, ensuing twelve months amounts to .£1724. The Mayer considers this rather high, stud states that the expenditure of tho Fire Board will be watched closely. Tho PtUmerstoii Brass Band is arranging a number of Sunday night concerts. The borough council has let tho Opera House to the band for these entertainments at a nominal price. Mr. L. W. Hnnlon has been appointed to represent the Jlnnawatu branch of Win New Zealand Railway Officer.* , Institute at tho annual conference, to bo held in llunedin. Tho conference, will extend from ten to fourteen days. At the meeting of the Borough Council on Wednesday night, tho question of striking a siiecial rate in connection with the Irani loan camo up for discussion, but it was eventually decided to postpone the mailer till the next meeting, the Mayor in the meantime to consult (ho borough solicitor as to whether tho proposed route of tho trains can lie altered, or whether they must stick to the exact proposals submitted to tho ratepayers when the loan proposals were carried. The. engineer reported that the works at Tiritea in raising the waterworks dam had been interfered with by tho inclement weather. Portions of the by-wash had been washed away on two occasions through floods occurring while the concrete was green. With fine weather tho work could be completed within a few days.

Tho 'PnlmcrstoD Borough Council has donated £2 2s. towards the funds of tho Wellington Prisoners' Aid Society. It is reported that the prico of wood and coal is to be raised in Palmerston next week.

At a special general meeting of the Palmersfon Working Jfen's Club held last evening the matter of providing niore accommodation, by making extensivo additions to the present building, was considered, and it was decided that, owing to the present site being too small, the commilteo should bring up a report re obtaining a larger site, witli a view of building entirely new premises. "Branch Accounts" was the subject of n,n address given to members of the local branch of tho Society of Accountants last night by Mr. J. S. Barton, of Wellington. The Terraco End Bowling nnd Tennis Club held a successful ball at tho Municipal Ilall last night. 'Lady members of the club provided a supper.