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COUNTRY NEWS

#- NOTES FROM VARIOUS CENTRES MANAVYATU The annual meeting of the AVeslern United Football Club, which was held at l'aliiierston Niirtli last week, was vell attended. The following ollicers were elected; Secretary and treasurer, Mr. V/. M'Sweeney; club captain, Mr. W. Carruthers; delegates to the union, Messrs. \V. Carruthers, H. E. Bennett, and J. Manning; Management Committee, Messrs. H. Anstis, li. Bruce, Stock-well, Harris, l'erriu, Cockroft, Brown, Galvin, Carruthers, and M'Sweeney. The subscription was raised to tho following rates: Senior, 55.; junior, 2s. Gd. A motion (» change the namo ol the club was negatived. It was • decided to start tlio matches in May ■ if possible, and to endeavour to put throe grades in the field. A suggestion was made that a gymnasium bo built, and it found general favour with tho meeting. Funds for the purpose could, it was stated, be raised by a series of concerts and dances. Another meeting of the club will bo held on. April 15. • A farewell was tendered on inday nigfit by tho Manawatu Motor Club to Mr. Percy Coleman, tho brilliant young Palmerston speed king, who is' leaving shortly for America, l'n America lie is going to try his luck on the big speedways, and lie also intonds to make a study of the technical side of the motor industry. Coleman has put up some performances on the rough grass tracks in New Zealand so phenomenal as to attract world-wide attention. During tho evening ho was presented with a gold watch by members of the local Motor Cycle Club, together with ft number of cheques which were forwarded by various Indian motor cycle agents in New Zealand. Mr. G. Torstonson, who presided, outlined a number of Coleman's performances, and mentioned in particular that during the 1916-17 season ho was unbeaten in any championship event, and hung up a new flying mile record of 525e0., which he 'afterwards reduced to 51 3-ssec. In 1917-18, at Christchurch, ho established a world's record by covering 15 miles iti i.lmin. 50sec. Mr. Torstonson predicted that tho young New Zealander would earn further laurels when pitted against some of the world's foremost motorcyclists. T - • At a meeting of tlio Palnierston-Kui-ranga River Board last Friday, over which tho chairman, Mr. H. Akers, presided, tlio Under-Secretary of Internal Allaire wrote to the effect that tho scheme being prepared for river protection would soon bb available. It was decided to hold a meeting of the board as scon as tho particulars are made available. Tho credit balance' at the bank was reported to bo .£217 lis. sd. In his lecture • on town-planning at Palmerston, Mr. Hurst Senger paid a tribute to the latent material in tho district for beautification purposes. I vent round," lie remarked, "with your engineer, and I must say that you aro most fortunate in tlio grand belt of open country by which your town is surrounded. Don't let it bo built on; let it iernain open agricultural and pastoral country, for remember the bigness of a city is not so much to be proud of as fits beauty, its healthiness, and tho i appiness of its people." Mr. Senger also praised tho action of the council in removing the fences from around a portion of the Square, and expressed a hope that the city fathers would treat tho whole of tho reserve in the same manner. Lieutenant Vance, son of the lato Mr. Vance, who was accidentally shot while acting as Y.M.C.A. secretary at Awapum, has joined tho Btaff of Messrs. Collmson and Cuuninghftiue, Palmerston North, after nearly five years of active service. Captain A. G. Bryant, M.C., lank Corps, second son of Mr. and ALrs. Frank Bryant, of Tunbndge Wells, but at one timo residents of Palmerston North, has been promoted to the rank ot major, „ . , „ In a letter to Palmerston friends, Sergeant Harry Lyall states that ho is now attached to the educational staff of the N.Z.R.8., Reserve Dopot, at Brockton. He did not expect at tho time of writing to leave England for some timo yet The funeral took place yesterday (bundav) of Mr. Charles Frederick Cartor, an old resident of Palmerston, who was member of an old Foxton family and I for some timo in business as a butcher in Palmerston. Ho sold out to the Jinnavatii Meat Co., Ltd., some years ago, and in addition to being a director of the company acted as a buyer. Ho was an expert judge ' of stock, <md was woil , known over the North Island for Ins keen judgment. He leaves a wife and a grown-up son and daughter. Mr. S. W. Carter, of Shannon, and Mr. W. h. Carter, of Terrace End, arc brothers of the deceased. . All Saints' Clmrcli. Palmerston .North, has instituted a campaign to raise a fund of J82200. The objects are to raiso tha sum of .£3OO to wipe off the parish debt, iSOO to erect a Sunday School room, .£2OO to orert a brass memorial in the church containing the names (irrespective of creed) of men from the liuliierstou district who have fallen nt the front, XIKIO to provide a memorial window as a thank offering for those men who have returned from" the war, and to commemorate the signing of peace. Last week at .Danncvirke a youth named Percy Drinkwater, while motorcycling, swerved in order to avoid striking two children, and crashed into a shop window. • He escaped with suno slight injuries. . , The executive of tho Dannevirke Solhave resolved to hqitidato the debtfi on tlie building. . ■ Stained glass windows were erected m St. John's Church, Damievirke, last v.eek a3 a memorial to the lato Rev. L. 1.. Robertshawc, for many years vicar ol ill 3 parish. A painful accident befel a son of lira. C. J. Chapman, of Dannevirke, last week. The bov was running along Alexandra Street on. the grass footpath, when he put his foot into a hole on tho path, lippiujr his leg from instep io knee, lie was removed to the Hospital, where -(i stitches were inserted. Tlio Palmerston North centre of the Workers' , Educational Association will commence its 191!) session on April 2.!. Lance-Corporal Ivan B. Johnston, son of Mr.'J. M. Johnston, of Palmerston North, is advised,.to arrive from Egypt about April IG, per troopship ICaikoura. Captain L. H, Sheppnrd, who has been appointed harbourmaster and secretary of the Fox ton Harbour Board, took up his duties last week. Captain Powlcs. v.ho previous to going In tho front wns on tho military stall at I'ulmerston, has returned from overseas. . Amongst those who were successful in securing a scholarship at the junior national scholarship examination in February last was Ernest X). Budden, a pupil of tho Terrace End School, Palmerston North. This scholar whs also successful in winning tho Gray Scholarship recently. . . Tho Whakaronga Patriotic Society extended a- welcome homo .social on Friday night to six local boys who have been at tho front; Messrs. Buchanan, Munro, Swainson. Bums. Lynch, and Jellyinnn. On behalf of the society, Mr. B. J. Jacobs, president ol' the Palmerston North Returned Soldiers' League, presented each man with a cheque. Response was made by Lieutenant Buchanan. . '' A party of Fcxton croquet players visited Levin last week. A match for tho Gold Stars was piayod, tho challengers being Mesdames Evans and Perrenu.

The game was very closely contested throughout, and resulted in a wm for the Foxton players, \flio defeated their opponents on the peg. _ Mrs. Perreau was also successful in winning the twenty minutes tournament. Two rinks from the Foxton Bowling Club journeyed to Lovin last week, and played for tlio Awaliou Feathers and the Maiiawatu ferns. In both matches the Levin players wore successful. Now that the wax is over quite a number of Pnlm.irsl'on residents and settlers from tils surrounding districts are going for a trip overseas. Recent. bookings at' Palmerston include the following: Mr. and Sirs. Iloothnmn and three children, Mrs. Halkett and child, MrsAllen. Messrs. H. D. Matthews and X. Mair. per Athonic, leaving Wellington on April 17 for London; Miss Cameron, per Oorinlhie; Mr. Charles Cflrr and Miss Curr. Mr. E. Goodbehere, -Misses Old, and Miss Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Bird and threo children, and Mr. J. E. Mkay, per lonic, leaving Wellington in May for London; Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hague, per Niagara; and Mrs. Beale ond clnld, per Makura to Vancouver, en route to London; and Mr. I!. Cohen, to Honolulu; Mr. and Mrs. Aitken, Mr. and Mrs. Woolf and threo children, and Mr. and Mrs. W. Green way, per Niagara, in May, to London via Vancouver; Air. p to San Francisco, and Mr. and Mrs. Geary and child to Tahiti, per Moana.

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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 159, 31 March 1919, Page 10

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COUNTRY NEWS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 159, 31 March 1919, Page 10

COUNTRY NEWS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 159, 31 March 1919, Page 10

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