PALMERSTON ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1913, 22 November 1913, Page 12

PALMERSTON ITEMS.

A visitor from the Watkato states that not far from Hiintly is a- now coal, initio area of great extent, now producing many thousand tons weekly. I'lfr'scWi aro watching aild permitting operations only so long as coal is not sent away. Meantime tlio bins are being rapidly filled, and largo supplies will be immediately available when the strike terminates. The inquest- concorning the death of Alexander M'leod, aged 67, who was found dead in bed atJKnrore, indicated that- lio had died in his sleep, arid a vcrdict was returned aocordiiigly. Mr. and. Mrs, J. Cunnigliam havo toturned from a visit to England. Users of tho Government- rifle range, who have at various times alarmed neighbouring golf players oiving to a peculiar echo, like whistling bvilhst-s, which buiffies round their heads, aro again in trouble. This timo, jlr. Johnston, a resident of I , 'itzht'rm.-rl East, hist over tho hill, into which t-ho spent bullets come, alleges that a bullet crashed through tlw wall of his house, missed his wifo'-s head by inches, and smashed Several cups. It finished Hp in another wall, where Mr. Johnston,secured it. Ott Thursday t-he Kairaiiga dairy factory paid out for butter-fat in ftili at a shilling por pound. Tho Alortetisen Cup of the Kairanga Giin Club has been woii .'by C. Vo.ss. F. Garner svon tho gold medal and trophy matches, and .also the aggregate. Tho cricket season opens to-day oh the sports ground, when Keildir.g will be among t'iio teams competing. The.ro aro nominations for membership in the various flluhs. 'Operations for fighting tlio cncroachmeli of the Maiiawatu River have begun; A. reporter learns that material is being ordered for constructing iv punt at Fiteroy Street. One. of t-ho post and rail groync-s, which are intended to cause barriers of silt, is to bo tonstructed at the point where tlie- F'itefoy {Street loop first begins, If snwssful, it is expected to turn .the channel iiit-o what is called its natural direction, cutting olf the loop,