PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 689, 14 December 1909, Page 3

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

""■'.•:';. A;' BOOM ;iNV^OLIJNTEIEBING.lEBING.' :i ":'"^ ...:..'.. IB*.. U'cleffrabli^Stieclal' 1 CorresDonilMil.i; .;.-;' :';J<3 ...■ ■'v ; .^ : -!-. ; .'J':■':' vU-;folmerstonivpocember-13. ;t; u The two':foot.volunteer,:corp,s;:iu the Eifles and tlio Guards, ■have reached tlieir; : : .maximum) strength,: and; it; is/suggested?; that';V the , propose! compulsory ';.law,'has-i> had: something to do with \ inducing •: members ■■': to. join.. -At nil -events, both' corps.,hayo had©, to:refuse a number, ;oi> recruits. ■ Owing to• naiW: examination, qf^non-comnii^sioned.^officers,-in- 1 :';- '.tervening, .the. jntehtion 1 .-.of the : '. Guards" r ?to'f.-ij hold ii'damp.'.and'mako■ ".'a inilitary deroonstra- K tion" ' on Pahiaiua .soon• alter;' tho Christmas-' , ; holidays, has had to be abandoned; ;■' ■'"■..;-.;; :, .:«.; The annual report: of the P&lmerston branch o of ■ the ■W.C.T.TJ.,; shows:, that:, the , .-; membership''V has been iiicroasod.by., fifteen/during, the^ -'past »--v year.- ' Tho work coi-ried "out by the superinteh-'-' I dents-had been'most 'patisfactoryj 'and'several : >." now deparhnents wuld, bo opened in tlioconi- Jing .year; .The-',following ,, are. .the\ officers/.fpr-i'.i tho: ensuing:'.term :—President,! Mrs;,-Hv-• Mq\T»'.\j' lem i> vicerpresidohts,. llesdames; A; ; ;E..:.Whito"-.'is. head and Snow;.secrotary,; Mrs. F. M'Bonald; '■?■! assistant .eecretary, : Miss Astburv; : . treasurei-,:« Mrs. Laybourne; organiStj Mrs.'.lloddef;'.i agent',;';; for badges; eto'.,,-Mips. Bakcrr superintendents:';- , literature,' Mrs. A , ; li.Wliiteheidiscientificteni-.i' pernnce instruction, Mrs, Hodder;: evangelistic 's work, Mrs. Collins;;' narcotics and anti-gauib-.f-" ling, Mrs. : Holbrook j. oradlo roll, • Miss Hodges j:.; drawing-room meetings,; Mrs.,'J\ .T.. Thomas j--' young people's.. branch, Mrs. : Snow; --look-out ;'j committoe,- -Mrs. , ; G., Miller. ', Mrs".' M'Donaid. ;i was 'appointed Talmerston.deleigaioj to' tlie;.aii-;';s iruul convention- of the-union : .iu February..; , : Hearty votes, of :,tlianks .were poised, to .the -re-; '; (iring presidents,.' Mrs. Snow,.and': to tho secre- ';: tary, Mrs. M'ljonald. ':■'.'■''■:■•' : ■^-■; , ;- .u; :. J 1' .A rink of Paliiierston bowlers, Messrs.'; Hayi '■-.- don, Nash ,(2), and Young, went to;l i 'eilding 0n.; , . Saturdny.aoplay.forJhe-Yates'.Feathers, but::'; suffered defeat':at ; the L ; hands "of ,thq team'.l)y:2G ! to;:l2.. '■'.-.- ■■■;:;;,. ■■■•■• , ;<.; ; Tlio tennis.matehes between the Lotiui.and;', tho Maiiawatu Clubs, ■ played on. the' latter'a:';.: courts in Palnierston, resulted : in. a win: for!;' the home club by ten sets tosoven., Tho Mana-;: watu Club in. tho men's singles went down be-"v foro the Lovin players, but tho ladios. of tlm;! home'-team:'defeated, their opponents. / Invlho.J doubles, Levin proved superior in! tho; m'cli'a{; events, .while ■in the ladies' .-'doubles'' the' Pal-, mereton players asserted; themselves. Mesdamcs!'; Palmer and; Warden provided afternoon; tea." ii .The 'sports ground ..was occupied; with '.two,:. Pricket .matches on -Saturday. '■] In the game, •'•.■ United v. Old Boys, the latter batted first;and-: lost nine wickets for 95 (Churchill 29, Reischer 16, Warden 14, Clarke 10). • United had^scored 'i 119/ for six'ivickete whcnVstiimns' wcro i drawn i (Coyne, not out, 33, Fox 16). •rntlioS junior championship the; game' between- .Old 5 Boys II ■ and'-Longburn;-\'was' completed,".tho ;;! latter'winning byan'.innings'and 43 rnns. ; v ."Tn : .'i tho first' innings Old Boys" totalled; 109, but in;; the second essay.•■a'.-''rot"'.set in, and- they.'vfen' all disposed , of for''23. ' The Longburn teami! scored 194 (Riohafdsoli ,4S; Findlay 33, Joncsi 27, Malley.2s).'' The double, figuro scorers^or , - Old Boys .were: Collins 37 and ■ 23, Burgess ■ 28;-' Dane'.2O. ;■',. •• -.-' '■-': ..','• .':i '■ -..-••.-., '-'■:;? .- ; v ; -Q\ At. tho Police. Court to-day,.before Mr. A. 1 . D.J S;M., a .'drover, .nanmd. Klein, was \; charged' at the instance of tho.Society forithoi Prevention .of ,Cfue)t}-. to Animals with riding;; a , borso , with-,a-.veryi sore back.'.:. Accused';; pleaded guilty, and was fined X 3; and costs » JEM'. 175.-: Cd. Caleb /Whitehead, was, fined and costs for a\brta;.U of tho,.borough by*-): laws in orcoting: an addition to premises,with-" out a permit, j The additions should have'beer.." in brick, but defendant ( used :Wood, and: His magistrate , said that there was apparently. iio ; provision to compel him to pull them, down.:; Joseph Powolka was' brought'-\;p-: on remand" and charged vrith attomptcd suicide. ■ Ho; was:; ordered to come up for sentence when" called ; upon.' Counsel for'accused stated that snfferod from a number- of severe illnesseslatterly. A separation order. was granted -to.;; Powolka's'.wife. Daniel M'Curdy was;charged with assaulting James. Madson. Tho evidence, showed that at tho- time Madseh; wns.'tho,« worse -for liquor, and . tho magistrate, after; , I remarking ,-that the latter had made; a; nui=- i anco of himself, dismissed the case., v ;■' ':;.■ '•>;■