PALMERSTON NORTH NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1820, 5 August 1913, Page 5

PALMERSTON NORTH NOTES.

At tlio Polico Court yesterday' a small lx>y, charged with stealing a gold watoli and a fountain pen from an Awa'lwri settler's dwelling,-: was reprimanded and dischaiced, on tho understanding that ho returned tho articles and paid 3s. for injury done to tho watch. GuEia Cntalli* wlto (by letter) admitted that he lino; driven a motor-car in toini a Qittlo over tluo speed-limit, was fined £2 and casts. C. J. Adams, for failing to'keep a time and wages-book posted up to doAn, was fined ,£1 awl Vs. costs.

AVhilo the train was proceeding through the Squaw recently. John Loamy, an old railway .mail, boarded it. Tlio driver, noticing the action, stopped tlio train, and as a result Leaniy appeared before the Magistrate to-day charged with boarding a train in motion. Leaniy explained that,, being an old. railway. man, .ho thought ho was privileged. Ho was fined ,£1 and 15s. oosts.

During tho Palmor.ston delegates' neports on Sunday night on tho recent Labour Coiifw-eiice, Mr. W. Parry, was asked whether it would Mat 1m preferable if, the Federation of Labour and tlio United Labour party laboured separately, instead of vilifying ono another. MT. Barry implied that during the past four years tho federation luwl cnliightonjedi.aiul organised tlio workers, and won. tlieir confidence. The conference was called, and the other people tried to damn it. A basis of unity was agix?ed on contnair (x> his approval, but ho did not sulk like a child. Tho minority, however, wornt <mt to form another organi«utioin, "which was dragging Labour. in the dint. The® must 1)0 fought, he added, tho same M wo fight Liberals and Opnsorvattws. Tho explosion of a bicycle oil lamp, which had been left alight, caused a spectacular fire at Messrs. Watson's "Big Store" (formerly tho U.F.C.A.), in the SquaTe drain" tlio buiy hours of Saturday evening. It produced very littlo except denso 6iiioke, a hugo crowd, and keen excitement i and the work of serving cus- . tamers was not stopped. The smoke filled the large customers' compartment, and people making purchases could bo seen dimlv like Londoners in a fog. The Firo Brigado arrived, but tho firo had already been extinguished by tho uso of buckets. It appeared that an employed had left, his bicycle standing in tlio large packing room at the rear, with tlio lamp alight. This apparently molted and set fire to some packing straw eloso by. i The assessiblc damago is computed at nil. ' Palmerston will send a ladies hockey team lo play in the tournament nt W«» nganui. It will be picked to-morrow. Mr. C. Smith won tho August golf cup on Saturday, and Mr'. W. E. Bendall leads for tho Nntlia.il cup. Tho approach of tlio annual steeplechase is giving special interest to Maivawahi Hunt Clitb matters. Saturday's final run was at Fitzherbert East, where drags were;; laid by Messrs. H. R. Lancaster and T. ■S'haw.' Afternoon tea was provided at tlio J residence of the president, Mr. S. li. Lan- ' " Tho Shopkeepers' Association, at tho annual meeting last night, elected tlio fol- , lowing officers:—Chairman, Mr. A. E ' Clan?on; secretary, Mr. C. Page; commit toe, Messrs. W. Park, G. Bennett, H. Sin>. clair, N. Sinclair, G. 11. Woodroofc,. L. Martin, J. B. Gerrard, L. Giorgi, W. Turner. 11. Watt, B. Pratt. W. Oats, V, Attfield. TI. Coupor. H. M. Garner, W. ,T. B. .Tollv, Gv-J;-Hancock,. B. Pratt, .1. Wallace, j. Cunninehame, M. Millar, ,T. S. Wate.horn, IT. ITilmer, E. S. Pees, and ■W. Picliardfon. y Mr. Grant Sim was' yesterday elected pecretarv of tho new River Board. There were nine applicants. ,