PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 590, 19 August 1909, Page 7

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS' POSTPONED. (ljy Corrosiioiiiiiidi.i : : ■ : Palmoroton, August .IS;'/ Tho question of providing. a, tram service •of; some sort for Pulmeraton was mentioned at- tho Borough Council last night by Councillor He ivitt, who moved that ■ tho Public Works Oofiitmtteiy bs recommended, to go into tho ■ lhatttr. ' Oouncillftr Hotfitt- stated: that ho did not mind niuch .Avliat form tho pro-posals'-took, so long as councillors got tho 'OjipdrMuiltjt-- of , going into . t/ra matter thoroughly. '.The.'Mayor. .said that ho had information- that,;, within throe months, tlioro would bo a certain proposal before tho council 'in reference! tp- tho matter.- Inquisitive councillors,[' however, failed 'to - draw,, his Worship :a!3 to the details 6f that proposal. v .'The boisterous wet Weather which has' prevailed Vduriiig the. past few days .culminated yesterday in a'"'series". of. heavy showers'. : During - the night' the.'rain 1 and snow . came on: again; and, Wheh;;tho- golf links' Were inspected ; this morning, "it; was deemed' advisable, to postpone tho. opening of,''.tho.championship till to-morrow. .It is not'' expected; that any" grOat inconvoniene'e will result, .as tho championship will still be; concluded in ',timo to allow -'.participants ? ,to''return ;by Saturday's 'express- trains. It' was'decided to. carry, tho original programme through, with the. exception of ! tho miked foursomes, Bet;dowa;for Saturday. • This' contest !was . not connected in a!ny way with the '• championship,. being merely a complimentary handicap match, to,'provide extra sport iot- ; visiting players;of both sexes, v Tho Technical School musical' Tmd' elocu-_ tionary competitions, which tako place next" month, r i are already causing .wide-spread •: interest,.,and promise to be successful. Entries''for the various items havo been received) not; only from various in tho town, but also,: from /Feildin'g. For tho choral competition anthem, "Judge me 0 God".- (Mendelssohn), four local : choirs have entered, viz., Congregational, Baptist, Cuba; Street; Methodist, and St. Peter's. Othon-' evonts on the programme . also seem' likely to be'well contested*. ' : • .Councillor Clausen is anxious that, the, borough should again- approach Mr. Carnogie,: this time with a more modest request for a library, and, last, night, iiotiea of hiotion was tabled at tho meeting ; of -the council: "That a fresh application be made to Mr. Carnegio foi- a grant of £5000 for the,new library, to, be erected in Coleman I'laco." ' ' ; -■ : • ~ .!.' At .last night's" meeting of ,the Borough Oounoil, a letter was read from the Terrace End School, Committee, protesting l against tho council draining water into the' terraco gravel pit, Tho. rccent: fatan'ty wa3 cited, showing the danger to children ' attending the . school. " Councillor Stubbri considered that' 'a close-boarded six-foot.""fcnco should ,bo\ erected, with barbed wire on top, and hd : ni6ved. that such fence be erected. Tlie motion was carried unanimously. : " As a result of' the wet weather', the C'pursing Club has iwitponed the opejiin/' of its meeting - till to-morrow, llio main event! to be .run is the Maiden Stake, of 60 sovs., tho other being the : Terraco End Cup—an open event for a cup and £10 I'orty nominations havo been rcceivcd for the maiden event, and nine for th<i cup. To-day tho Ruahine and Tararua Mountains wflro again covered with a mantlo of snow, 1 tho result of last night's fall, ,