PALMERSTON ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2127, 20 April 1914, Page 6

PALMERSTON ITEMS.

Tlio PiJmwston Band Ii»ld its annual nieetini* on Trichr o'venmg rho report declared the fimneos to do satisfactorily improved, and c\prcssed gratification at tho acijusition -of long-needed mstrumtntb concert? at 'ho Oprrx HoH'o this vcai wero foreshadowed Bandmaster U'rrjDun urgeJ tho ncccbi siM for importing holoiste, explaining that though a condtutoi could t«trh lpiraer , ! lo tike pin in n bind, jt took years of hird study to becomo a sdo r=t Tho chairman (Ifr J V Nash) endorsed the suggestion of Mr rierrjman, nrd pioposoj offering soloists , an u'linnl bonns of CIO to jL2j tor then \. combuied conicrt piorrwd. lif the Orchcstril Sociotj i\as oppiovod I 'it fcUov ing ofheers were, elected — Ini 'ee-s, Movrs W Pa>-k, E B Hoi lon, I J JfAtlnn, C Dunl, A E Chusen J Harwood, pation, Mr P Buick MP , president, the Mmoi, uce presidonti, Mo*ys M llirdv, \ F Cnuson. H M Hiycoclt W Park, T Afonn'cv, F Lolpp, 1 J \ntlnn, L "5 Diokson, A J Graham, G Kendall, V 313 C Dunk, committro Messrs Dunk Lolf , H->vco k, Cjjmsou, Fdg<>, Hani , ijoracant Booker Band-C-irpoTil Cowlo \\!>v Rdi'd-Lance-Coi-poia] Cncbton liburian, AI r Bcnnio sp<>ritan M< Pike iH"»«mcr, Mr Koiidill, Biuc' Committee Messrs Gioathcad, Cowlo haw Pie s Pj Crichton, aiul Bcoker

tho River Board hold a., mootijig on Friday, when the otigineer, Sir. Fisliw, reported that tit- maitt portion- ef No, 1 groyne at Fitzroy Bend fat& been completed at a cost of £.271 Ms. 9d., being £1 15s. per foot. Tho estimated cost, had boen £2 per foot, The. board's staff, consisting of four men, liaVo nosv in Hand the. crcetiofl of No. 2 groype. .H was -ecsusiderej). necessary to put jr) three afnytte? in Fitr,roy Beid, and tlic-a proecesl to M'Hnd's awl AiKlci^on , ? Bends to start fi-ps-riiWons tlif-rc It was resolved that the matter fit" fviftte ssmyiios be- refrrrod to Uio li-exl fttwtiiig. Tlio estimateii ftxppdttnro in Mxrtih 31, 1915, was approval at- £-1473. AccoTHii.s aVi-,oiH'.--Un.!s i'-o £1031 19s. 3d. \vcm passed. Tlio sfieretflry was iustrnc;tp<] to 20 tliwugli tho Rstiflg let to fintl out""esnctly* What pMltkii tlip haairi was in',-regnKliiig tlio fftcd-vory of f-ntes, !i«ii report tc> tlio nest mccH.ng. Lodgo Mniwwatu Kifwinning an Wu il«y ovcm'ns m-ado a pwsentfttion to Sir. aiitt Mms. Morfin, w, are travw-. ferfiaa; to Wellington. Jlra. Martin hfts been an afitivo Mpcr for the iWgo's nmiaal "soeiels."