PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 606, 8 September 1909, Page 4

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

._ (By iTeleeraph-SDcetal OorroaoondenU ■ Palmerston, September 7.; ' : !A commission -dispute occupied tho attention if ,'the Magistrate's Court ,|his ;morning, when ■ Arthur Ounninghamo, commission agent? sued Murdoch' M'Kenzia, late of Raumai, .'for commission on tlio salo of furniture. Tho ir amount received for tho furniture was ,£6srand plaintiff claimed £5. Hovstatcd in oridonco that it was quite a common thing for.'Wollington 'commission agents tb charge •10 per cent. for. soiling under £100 worth of furniturcv Defendant-contended that his furniture was sold by plaintiff for "plaintiff'sbenefit because he .was falling over defendant's' business at Rarimai, ■ in partnership with .ono Simmonds; who 'bought, th'o furniture, arid wanted dgfondaht to'bo out of tho place ; by May'"!.' '/At. tlio timo of. the sale, defendant.had _expre.ssly.„stated that', ho would not givo any commission. Mr. A. D. Thomson;'S.M.ystated.that ho was-satisfied that plaintiff was not defendant's" agent' for the -furniture,- but : was acting ■ in' his . own interest'.as'partner,of tho purchaser, morit,was. given for • defendant with.'solici'tor's'feo £1 Is./ Mr.'Hufloy appeared -for; plairttiff-and'Mr.-Loughnanfor defendant; . Last evening ,a, reunion of ; railway, men was held'in 'the'Railway : Hotel, the object• of tho gnthenng/bc'ma'tb. bid farewell to. Mr.-Max-well;'running-shed .foreman, who has been trarisferrod.''.to'^o'w" : -PlyJn'outh. 'Mr. Maxwell cain'o ! d6Wn ; fr6in-his new-station for the occasion,:. During 1 -tho evoniug ho was presented by Mr. Cornish, (on behalf of- tho locomotivo staff) With a handsome travelling bag,'-and Mrs. Maxwell, with a silver cream, jug jmd;sugar basin. Messrs. Shaw, .Smith, andlTreweek, speaking for tho. locomotive, traffic,: and .maintenance'department's respc'Ctwclyy.mado complimentary roferenco'to tho'work of "Mr. Maxwell:' Dwing tho evening .a'.humber of songs and recitations were", giyeri'^by' theso present,:and altogether-, a : m'o3t'erifbyablo timo- was spent.' '.■• -■•'At-St. Andrew's Church- last night ; Mr.!. Johliiißett,- a member of :thoychoir p fpr the. pas't,'<twenty'-six 'years,'-.was' entertained at ,a/so'ciai.and presented -with an illuminated enlarged :photo: -.of members of tho ,choir". - '"..Tho .Tokomar'uFlaxmilling Company have •recently erected alargb, three stripper mil} in .place-\pf <tho old; single-stripper. A stationary' iO-h'ipT tubular"boiler" has been placed in' 'position,- also; a 25-h.p. 'engine for driving purposes'.'"'Mr'..'Geo.' Seitert/ recognising tho -danger-df; fire,,, has recently had constructed ,a large "brick/ dividing'- wall isolating ' tho •scutching,r,hed/rom.-the .stripping.and wash:ing'department'. washing ma-' ,;chir(es'..liayo .also beeii, : erected,' and the mill is. now*.,cohsidcred one of the best on- the' boast/j'VL .'..-. : ..-.',!c. J w-.'''■" '■'■'■. • Her. Excellency Lady/Pliinket has -inti-,m,ateil„th»t-.s,hoj will ..give, her patronage "to tho AM-.'Nation's Fairin aid of the .consumptive annexo for women. The' Mayor, has also ■ -roceived' intimation that his ■ Excellency will .probably open.tho"fair. '■■■'-.-:: (.