MANAWATU

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 266, 6 August 1919, Page 10

MANAWATU

A meeting was held on Monday evening to coneider the queslioiijof inaugurating a Philharmonic Society for Palmcr6ton North. It was attended by over a, hundred persons, the majority of whom wqro ladies. Mr. J. Holmes Bunnicles moved that a society slhould be formed, lo bo called tho Philharmonic Society. In doing so, he emphasised the fact that if' it were called a choral society it would bo expected to put in some big works, and these were too cxpensivo. With a philharmonic society tho works undertaken would not bo expensive and they would bo able to give a miscellaneous programme of solos, glees, etc., which would mean .that there would be no heavy cost for band parts, etc., They should start in a small way, and as the population increased tho society would grow in proportion. The motion was seconded by Mr. Hodgson, and carried unanimously. It was decided that thoso who were present, together with thoso who had already consented to join, should become charter members of tho society. Officers were elected as follow:—President, Mr. J. A. Nash, M.P.; vice-presidents, lady Chaytor, Messrs. A. Hannay, M. Cohen, nnd P. A. M'Hardy; conductor, Mr. J. Holmes Runnicles; secretary, Mr. T. P. Henderson; assistant secretary, Miss Crump; treasurer, Mr. P. Morgan; auditor, Mr. J. Mitcholl; committee, Mrs. ■15. L. Broad, Miss Drew, Messrs. C. J. Hodgson, P. J. Wilson, and Bedford. Mr. TV. ,T. Phillips, a county councillor and well-known sportsman, is very seriously ill. He was taken ill on Sunday while visiting Mr. S. Hammond at Saneon, to whose house he is at present confined,

At a meeting of tho Manawatu Hockey Association a letter from the Canterbury Association announced that a ropreeentative toam would arrive at Palmerston North on Friday, and would leave again on Sunday morning. It was reporiod that the arrangements for entertaining the visitors during their stay included a motor drive round tho suburbs on Saturday morning and n, smoko concert tho same evening. Tho match between Canterbury and Manawatu will tako place at the Show Grounds on Saturday afternoon. Tho Manawafcu team' is aa follows :—Cousins, Perrin, B. Kibblewhite, Watson, Morgan, Grant, Anderson, Crump, Tucker, Pitt, Tait; emergency, Aitcheson. The referees will be Mr. E. Ballinger (Christehurch) and Mr. W. Nnismith (Palmerston).

At a very largely attended mooting of Glaxo suppliers, Mr. J. >W. Olevely proBided. The meeting was prolonged to a late hour, aud a committee was 6efc up to represent tho suppliers in arranging the price and other business, with Messrs. Nathan and Company. The committee aro: Messrs. J. W. Clovely, H. .Burrell, J. 0. Donald, J. C. Parker, M. Tierne?, H. Green, and J. Bennett. At the Magistrate's Court .yesterday an appeal against being placed on tho military defaulters' list was made, before Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M., by a man named Olaf August Gillstrom, known as "Thompson." In outlining the case for tho appellant, counsel stated that he was born in Sweden in JB7G. His father went to America, and ho (appellant) was brought to New Zealand by his mother, who died soon after her arrival. The appellant was brought up by an uncle, and 18 years ago decided to change his name to Thompson, and during tho whole of this period ho had gone under that name. He volunteered for tho South Airican War, but was turned down, and when tho present war came on ho registered as an alien at tho tocal police etation. As far as tho chango of namo was concerned, counsel submitted that it was not a broach of tho Act, as it was dono before tho war started. Appellant had nevor hecomo a naturalised subject, and was therefore not subject to military law. Ho was drawn in the ballot as Gillstrom, but never received notice. Tho appellant elvited Hint ho bad changed his namo for no particular reason, but chiefly because Thompson was an easier one to pronounce. Ho could not talk Swedish, and had novor applied to bo naturalised. He volunteered for tho South African Wat under tho namo of Thompson, and was married under that name, 110 registered in Paitnereton North when tlio Aliens Act camo into force, 'but had nover been asked to report for military service, and had received no notico that ho had been drawn in tho ballot. In reply to Captain M'Donnell ho stated that ho had never received a notice from tho military authorities, and did not know his name lifttl appeared in the Gazette as being tailed up for medical examination, Ho did not know his namo appeared in the ballot list published in Jlay, 1917, and had never received notices from tho Group Office. His Worship raid tliat jis appellant had beon jiccoptod by the police as an alien the Court must find that he was mi alien, and he had therefore a right io be removed from the defaulters' list. The appeal would be upheld.