PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 619, 23 September 1909, Page 5

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

„■'. (By Toleeraph.-Bpeelal OorreßOondont.l . :-\-' :... .Palmerston, September 22. Theire was a very-.large attendance this afternoon at .the funeral of the late Mr. Alfred W: Bell, and a large number of wreaths were also. sent'by-sympathetic.'friends,- Six of deceased's intimate friends, acted as'pall-bearors, and'the.'liev. C. C. Harper.' conducted the funeral services at. All' Saints' Church, and at tbe-.grave. '..; • - ... ...

'A man named-John Greeks was charged at the Police Court'to-day with stealing a bicycle from'the Show, Grounds on July '15. ' The owner of the machine deposed; that he lost it in Kangitikei' Street' "on July 15.'. Accused stated; that he-found-it "on tho 17th without a chain, and ii) a dirty condition; -Ho reported to'the gatekeeper that he had found it, and remarked that ho-would keep it' till an owner was found. ''He had not ridden it, however, or .done' anything w;ith.it; The magistrate' said.'tha.t ho, was quita :satisfied- that' accused had taken the bicycle merely to'hold it till" the owner was found, and dismissed'tho charge. - ' f Though ithe leather .was unfavourable,, there was a good .'attendance at the Longburn Hall last night, when'a "social";.was held in aid of the' hall funds. Items were contributed by .the Misses Drew, Mr. Hockley, Mr. Gere,.Mr. Meek,'and Mr. P. Hockley. Dancing was afterwards indulged in,-and ."extras'', were played by .Mrs,. Winteringham and Miss Drew. The local; corps ,of- the. Salvation Army has made arrangements for'its self-denial'.appeal; ! Districts \havo been mapped but, and special efforts- are, to he made to;raise a.good sum this year., ~; -.'.".'" .'■";'•■ . l There..-\ras-' a very large gathering at the Foresters! Hall to-night, when' the" Friendly Societies' shield,.for. the cuchrp tournament for, th'q season j'iist ended, was presented to the winners—the Foresters'.team..-The Mayor'(Mr.' J.,-A..-Jfash) .made the presentation, and, a ; pleasant-evening was spent.' , .-. 'VMagglp, Johnston, fi little' girl from Awahuri, . was .admitted to the hospital to-day. suffering from an accident through having been, thrown ;from a'Horse. . An. examination.,disclosed that . no 1 , bones had. been' broken; but the child had : bpen ,badly bruised I "and : shaken.' • ,' ' : -Mr. J,. A.'.M'Grae, ah esteemed resident.of Stony Cfe>k,"prcMdent of the Jersey Breeders' Association,- and >'a. member, of'the committee' : of .the Manawatu ,'A. .and. P.: Association,' who recently, underwent,.a serious oporation., in-, a , private;hospital,''has made 'splendid progress,' and .is so far. recovered that'he will be able :to leave the,institution, on.Satjirday. ... , . Th'e Manawatu". Boeing , Association was a'jain unfortunatb in striking tt' wet night for the finals of ; its. championship.. tournament. However, the .attendance, was. larger-, than. on. the previous night; The arrangements made by , the. secretary'(Mr; Ford Hankins) and the ■committee were complete in every detail, and the. tournament,, was carried biit without a hitch. The.president (Dr. O'Brien) presented ■ the "championship' medals, and-each of tho recipients, of chainpioiisliin honours, came in for hearty, applause. Mr,, L J. Fake, the judge, gave nis decisions pronintly, all his pronouncements: meeting with the-' approval of the audience. . " •• .

Some weeks ago the Palmcrstorr Boronqh Council set up a sub-corohiittee to consider fire.; brigade matters, .as the expenses to the council'had more than doubled, since the Fire : .Botrfd' had taken •control, "and a majority of the council were apparently, of the ; opinion that the. efficiency, of the brigade had not- increased at the same pace as the cost...'At. last night's meeting of the council; the srib-committee presented its report, which practically embodied this- feeling.. It also-, stated that the committee; was. of 'oninion 'that'"'the.'brigade coiildhave been''better controlled by the connciV than by the board, and suggested that the council's representatives on the Fire Board should Ho asked to ke'c'p'down the. expenditure as much as possible. , Councillor Armstrong, who is. chairman 61 'the Fire' Board; defended • the action of.the.board, which'he'said had been improperly arid ; unjustly attached. • He . admitted, 1 however, that perhaps the efficiency.of 'the brigade, was not •commensurate with the increased expenditure, but he. considered that they ■ were' getting good. value for what they, were .paying their -superintendent.:. Councillor Mowlem said that it looked to hird as if the board the .housing of the brigade was of the utmost. importance, 'but he considered the. essence of •the thing'was'to have a good water supply, a; good .stock of 6ound hose, and means to get on the scene of, a fire as early as .•possible.-'. After further discussion,, the! rer port.of the sub-committee.was adopted;., , The. Manawatu Gorge, is again'cleared of the .slips'which'came, down during, the. late rains; RM'lway.'rtraffic was resumed' yesterday afternoon.''; '.''";"•'" .'-'.'■■ .-..",' '■ ■

'• >' The Reserves Committee, of' the. Borough' Council-has been, desirous of: getting' the lakes in the' Square' completed' by show 'time,' but the week's bad weather has" delayed : the work very much; However, the. engineer is pushing ohithe work as fast as-possible, and still hopes to' have it, completed by the time stated, when ,a.very- large influx of visitors, to the'town is-expected;. The .original intention,' was to puddle,the bottom of.the lake. with'.nine inches of clay; hut, at last nighfs-meeting ; of the Borough Council,- it was ..' decided :to concrete the bottom of th'elarger lake, and thus makev a "permanent, job 'ot it.'-