PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 637, 14 October 1909, Page 7

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

• <Bj. Tdeerftph.—Fpcclal CorroaDondoOt.l m , " Paimci-ston, October 13. - Tho Terraco;End School Committee'met last mght. -Present:. Messrs. J. A., Nash (chair man), A; Tregurtha, W; Lewis, C. Setter, 0. Walker, !W; Ilobbie, A. Zortt,;and 8.: P. Jiir« rett. ,Tho report of Mr. P. Fairbi'othcr (head-. master) Stated that tho roll-number was 391,; highest attendance 362, and the avcrago attend* ance 351* Mr. 'Fairbrother added':that- the third, and fourth standard rooms were overcrowded,. and this naturally . hampered the work of the teachers, especially in such subjects ml wr sng*' Some repairs also needed attention, lho Education .Board's inspectors, had. 'paid their annual visit to the jjuhool. The motion passed at tho previous-meeting/ declining to Rivo permission to the Ministers'. Association to conduct tho reading of portions of the Bible in the school, was confirmed. " _Tho ordinary meeting' of; Lod?e Oroun, U.A.0.D., was held Inst night, A.D. Bro. P. Pycro(t presided, and there was a ; large attendance. iFour new members-were initiated, and ono. proposed. It was resolved,, to. .meet earlier next lodge *night,' arid to. hold* a's3ciat'"?£ifnion at the conclusion of the . business, when the ladies who have assisted at ' tho "socials" during the winter will be, presented :*ith tokens', m appreciation of thbir services.: The ■ Social'j Committee.. submitted > nr' .balance-sheet .showing a'credit'of..ill. ,Bs. '6d,f atSd a .motion was passed placing on record the lodge's appreciation of the work performed by the cora-mittee-rßros. Lyall, Pyeroft, Harriman, Cott, Hancock, Bright, and Gallagher. It was decided. to. pay a fraternal visit to. the Feilding at an early date, when a card tournament will be.plnyod with the Makino'Lodge— the_ present- holders .of tho Feilding ,Friendly Societies' shield; At the conclusion of . the routine business, another round of the, euchre tournament'was jilayed.' .: : r' '■ /•*.* A largo "gathering; attended; > St.';.,/ Andrew's Chiirch last evening, when the.prizes.won in connection with the. Sunday School. Union were presented. ..Proceedings during-the' remainder, of the-evening took tho form of.-a "eooialr"* 1 A man named Cyril Hill was admitted, to ,th« Palmerston Hospital to-day Buffering from self-inflicted injuries. . Hill is a farm hand who was employed in tho Sandon district, and a recent arrival from Opitnake.' Mr. J. Cunningham, of the firm of ColHnson end Cunnincrlißm, who hag-been on a visit *o England, returned to ■ Palmerston'to-day. ' He was entertained this evening at a banquet by tho employees of .the firm. : DEATH OP A PIONEER SETTLER. ' Residents ,of the. Aoknuterb' district. Fitjherbert East Nceived a painful shock this mnnring when it became know that Mr. Alfred Riohard Stace had dropped. dead...Deceased was one of the pionoer. settlers, having resided on his farm at Aokautere, .over3i years, and he had a largo number of relatives ami'friends in Palmorston, among the former Mr, T. W. Stace (a brother, who is now away on a visit to Sydney) and Mrs. Tingev.. -An inouest was held this afternoon before Mr. A.'D. Thomson, S.M., when a verdict that death was duo to heart failure was returned,-Deceased leaves a widow, one son and two daughters—Miss'Ethel Stace, Mrs. Anderson, of Stratford,' and Mr, ' Ernest • Stace, -.-