MANAWATU

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 146, 15 March 1919, Page 10

MANAWATU

- Messrs. Boultbee, J. Bacon, and Mrs. f j Jj lc ol, of Shannon, lrho are inmates of ! the Palmerston Hospital, are making . satisfactory, progress. Mr. J. P Hem- f m !r^ is still in a "''t l '" l condition. ' , ihs iVayor of Shanuon (Air. AV. Mur- , dock), who has been confined to his t home for the past two H'eeJks, is again i able to attend to his duties. \ Mr. G. 6. Kelly occupied the chair at n - a meeting held at Shannon bv Professor » . I. A. Hunter with the object of form- , ■ jng it branch of the AYorkers' Educa- , tional Association. One feature of the meeting was the opposition on the part of ono or two persons, of Socialist tendencies, who contended that the brains of the working-class movement was prac- < tically confined to tho young Marxian < school of economics. The meeting de- 1 [ cided to form a branch of tho Workers' j Educational Association in Shannon, and i a strong committee was sot up to see i the project through, j it F r<, ar ' C| w ' 10 ' las Jeen relieving at < the Shannon School, left yesterday for ,1 . Masterton, and Mr. M. Tremcwan, re- ) , cently returned from active service, re- I sumes his old position. i ■ A large number 'of nominations have < been received for the Shannon Bowlin" t Clubs annual tourney, which will bo -C held on St. Patrick's Day! ] At Thursday night's, meeting of the c Woodville Borough Council, the Mavor, i •Mr. Horn, announced that he would bo a candidate for n further term of office 1 at. the forthcoming elections. i A fire broke out this week in the nntive bush in Kitchener Park, Feilding, c and caused considerable damage before S it was extinguished by a volunteer S bucket brigade, headed by the Mayor of lending. • f A movement is on foot to petition tho i Feilding Borough- Council to take a I poll of the municipal electors on tho question of introducing the Saturday - half-holiday in the borough. Similar v i? ] m, bein!? taken in Palmerston North. The consensus of opinion seems to favour the Saturday half-holiday. At_ an inquest held at Manakau concerning the death-of Henry Smith, who was found den/l in his whare on Tuesday, a verdict was returned of death from natural causes. Cabled advice has been received that Lieutenant E. D. AA r arburton, of the Royal Air Force, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Eliot AVarburton, of Pnlmersion , who left New Zealand with the Main • Body, has been wlinitted to the 3rd General Hospital, AVandsworth. suffering from influenza. The cup competition of the Bnnnythorpe Rifle. Club has been won by Rifleman R. Rowling. Mr. H. Richnrdson, postmaster at Bunnythorpo, whose health lias been • failing lately, has been granted three weeks' furlough. The Buunythorpe Sports Club realised a profit of <£95 at its reccnt meeting. The money goes lo patriotic institui tions. Tho Apiti Red Cross Society' has in hand a proposal to erect a memorial to the fallen stjldisrs of the district. I'he society has voted ,£2O for the purpose. The matron of the Palmerston North Publio Hospital has just completed twenty years' continuous service in that institution. The Modical Board will sit in Palmerston from Friday, March 21, till Monday, 2-i. Sc-venteon cases of infectious diseases were reported throughout the Palmerston Nortel Hospital Board district during " February. In reporting this fact to the board the inspector (Mr. M. ■ O'Brien) stated that fll inspections had been made throughout the district. About four months ago the Palmerston North Reserves Committee decided to make au experiment in the direction of doing away with tho gate 3 in the various enclosures of tho Square, and a trial - as made by taking off tho gates of tho northern block on Broadway. It was prophesied at the time that considerable damage would bo dono to the flowers by stray dogs, but so far this has not been fulfilled, and the gates have since been removed from other blocks. The committee has now gono a step further, and the. live fences have been removed along Broadway and in front of the Post Office, throwing this portion of the Square completely open. Many of the bigger totara posts, wlvicli, it is stated, have been down for close upon forty years, were found on removal to bo perfectly sound. The transport Ajana, which is due at Auckland on March 2G,. brings_ tho following men for Manawatu district:—Second. "Lieutenant A. Gilmore (M.M.), Dannovirke; J. AV. Beech, Konini; L. D. Beach, Pahiatua; A.' L. Belk, Feilding; AV. Boughoy, Dannevirko; F. B. H. Chappell, Feilding; O. H. De Grut, Feilding; C. V. Guy. Feilding; J. C. Hammond, Marton; L. H. His-ein-s, Dannovirke; Lance-Corporal C. J. s Houston, Palmerston; M. D. James, g • Feilding; ,Corporal J. B. Jeromson; Pal- g merston; Lance-Corporal E. Mott, Mar-

ton Junction; J. A. Neville, Masterton; E. F. Palenski, Palmorston; F. A 7 oss, Kimbolton; R. AVorsfold, Feilding. A very beneficial rain on Monday evening has now given a fresh appearance to pasture about Tokomaru, which was very dry after such a long spell of drought. The question of water was beginning to be felt by many householders, who were getting short,of this commodity. Tho Palmerston Hospital Board has set up a committee to go into the question of providing some suitable recognition in the shape of a medal or button to those of tho epidemic workers who rendered outstanding services in' Palmerston and the surrounding districts.