PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 675, 27 November 1909, Page 11

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

\ ——OSOCIAL AND PERSONAL EVENTS. • U'l'om Our Own ' UorresyoiiaentPalmerston, November 26. . A very, successful concert. was. given at. the Opera House' last night by past-.and present pupils of .the Convent High Sohool, .their Excellencies,'. Lord and Lady Plunlset giving the entertaiiimont their patronage; ; The" audience was a; large, one, and it testified its 'pleasure and appreciation of the by recalling' many' of the performers. <;•" ... . The Success, of .Palmerston'. students': at the held' last May arid Juno under, the' City and Guild of Lon-. don in pluiibma;'work,is highly,gratifying to the Tcchnicalv'';i3ch6ol; authorities' here, and bears testimony;'t6'.this,.qwality.'of the teaching imparted by' the staff. '. : . .. • Sir. S. J. Watson, a well-known' and respected business man- of Palmerston,;is at'present,.laid,.aside, with a sovere attack-.of influenza. .At its .meeting/last night* the, local Lodge of Oddfellows passed a to to of. sympathy with him. The'students of thp Palmerston Technical School held a "break-up social" last-night. There was a large attendance, and an enjoy-, ablo time was spent with vocal and, instrumental music, fgames, etc. >.: •*■!*.* Tho-financial result of the sale of work just concluded by • All Saints' Ladies' Guild has proved very gratifying,.a sum-of .£l5O having been netted towards the building funds of the new church. V;

At 2.30 • this morning the fire bell gave a vigorous alarm, the cause .being a tire in. Messrs. Duston's bakehouse in Cuba Street. The; flames " had secured', a - gpod. ; hold' wlien the. alarm was:.sotindetl, hiit- ,tlm. ; brigade, 'quickly: mastered r ,the....outbreak .and,, prevented ■ it spreading lo other ,The! bakehouse,, however, was completely gutted. . The insurance.-pn Jlr.'Dustin's bakehouse, destroyed by ■ fito'; this morning, lVas tho building in' tti'e Alliance .ofcee, and JC2OO, on, tho stock in theiSouth British office. > '.' • -The congi-egah'on of ,Sh; Andrew's Presbyterian Churclv'.lias presented llr. .W, Munro,. an old of Palmerston, .with a beauti-fully-bound and illustrated Bible and hymnbook, as. a fflsirlc .of appreciation of his long service to th'e-'cliurch. The .presentation nas made by. the."Rev. I. Jolly. 1 ■ ! - The usual,'.-meeting of Loyal ; Manawatu Lodge of Oddfellows lyas held last night, Bro. C. H. Gardner;.presiding: over.^^a ; good attendance of members.. One new member was initi- | ated. A large.'number; of' nominations, were received for the.various,offices for:.the .ensuing term,, the ;electioh being, iiied .-for '.Deconiber IC.. At .the conclusion of.' the' business,'* a further, roiind of.' the euchre tournament 'was played,. Bro. Relf, P.P.G.M., .securing a second •'leg in. ''! ■. vi,/-Sub-Inspector .O'Donovan, who has been sufferingf rom a. severe .illness, x is now making, satisfactory'.progress 'towards recovery. . A meeting o£: tho Holiday Association ' was held to-day, slr. G. 11. Bennett in the chair. It was decided' to appoint. a deputation to interview tho Chamber of Commerce with a view to onlisting'assistanco in giving effcct to a'proposal that the parcels post aud railway'parcel office take parcels up to 6 p.m. for delivery. It was also resolved to wait on tho committee of the A. and P. Association with a request that checks be issued to the public at, the association's shows. It was decided to observe Christmas Day as a, holiday" on Saturdav, December 25, and Boxing Day on Monday, December 27; also.to observe - Anniversary Day ou Monday, Janhary 24,' instead-of--on January The-junior Civil-Service; examinations are now being : conducted, ;here.. Messrs. G: Grant and F. ,1). Op'ie are 'acting:.as-supervisorsl