PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 719, 19 January 1910, Page 3

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY

:;.(By: Telegraph.—Special.- Corrbspondeht'.); ; ;:;/';/pv ■'// ■ .'-..Palmcrston; January is.'-.-". '!A!meeting;df >the Council of the Gham--ber {of : Commerce was ,held last , night. Presout; ■■■ Captain Haydon {(president,..' in the;chair),/and Messrs.': J. ■$!. Johnstdhj L. .'Collinsoh, E..'Gardiner,'.'and; Captain. Price.' 'Cdrre'spondencd :.was; .read, from; /th'ei'Minister for/;Kailways',, stating {that; he'.was unable to grant.any/robato'on the' railage of wool'carried. inland from' sea-' port: towns to,:- bo /scoured,;• and /then::.rerailed,to tho seaport; l also.tbat'the pilfer-,, 'ingjalleged;to .bo."going on at tho r Palmer-. ston{railway station would :be; inquired: into./.The'Ncls,on Chamber, of Commerco, wfotd.'-asking/support . ;in/'securing,. ,the hooking'of merchandise' from point' to point. -It {was! decided to accord support 1 a'S;'asked....The.;:Minister for-.lands lntijmatedr that tlie suggestion. of the Palrnorstoh .Chamber -'.'£6\ introduce, legislation ■ to I remove■ restrictions on tho '-acquisition of small;pieces of Native land,' not required by,; Native; owners, had been-rcforred to the. Nativo'' Lands Department for, con sidoratiph.;' The jprcsident was appointed delegate to 'represent, the Chamber, oh; the: Meal. Conference,'to bo; held,; in Christ, church on January,27. -The management of the railway's; during the holidays came in.for. Ncriticism by members, of the Chamber,: /.the'general ■ opinion -being, ex-, pressed! that' it, was 'disgraceful; :It was : ,p6intcd~dat that tho people.of;Tarannki .travelied ,;ndrtli ,by .steamer. : instead of ■usiiigthe railway,; on-account of the. iu-' convenient time-table.,' Keforonco was also;| made'to.tho'.'.efiect'on Palmcrston : stock' sales -by.'the unsuitable/ timc-t'ablo{ '■ be : i tween-Wairarapa, arid 'this ; district.-: JRei' fcrence was also made to; the inconvenience .arising/from the fact;that ; no traiu arrived/ah . Palmerstqn from, Wellihgtoii till: the, afternoon.' ','■■,'■'.'/. '■':" " : *■ -..i .-. The;usual meeting of Court.,;Manawatu, A:O.F., was. held', in', the Foresters" Hall .last evening, 'Bro. Wickendeu,'C.E'> beiiig in. the chair.... Tho quarterly balance-ishect-.-showed af : satisfactory state' of affairs;'-'as,- although-',£oo'_..had been dis. bnrsed for sick pay during: the poripd,; there was a substantial/ credit' balanceTho total value»of- the assets, including -land and- buildings, .was, tho sick" and* funeral fund standing at .£18(10, management fund .£lO7, and - benevolent fnnd-iE7B; Bro.;'Rolf0, P.C.-K.i was.pre-" sohtcd with a Porest'ers': ajiro'n', this being tho, first : prcseiitation'of the kind made ■in--tho.-'Dominion. -Gifts... of 'valuable fountain pens; wero made, to the secretary and'treasurer,'Bros.; Zbrtt and Aitcliisou, for.' past, services. . At, tho conclusion of the business, a 'cuchrd; tournament was -played for, a.'prir.o-.prcsontcd by P.C.R. Bro'.- Eosanbwski.' '■ This was , won ' by P.C.R/'Bi'o.'Holfe.'.' -. A Intu issue "of the,; "Loudou -Daily Chronicle" contains an ''. articlo ,'dcscrip■tivo of 4 svstem of <■. wireless,, telegraphy, invented by "Mr. Klßalsillio. • The writer Er'aisedtheinvontion.a'nd states that, ho ad seen some experiments'in-which a station had been put up in tho Derby-shire-Hills in seventeen hours, aud tho messages-received with , tho instrument under an; umbrella, 'tho sounds being quite audible. "Tho.transmitter only re-' quires one-half:of tho power of.tho present system, and tho.cost is but £50, as. compared with .£Boo—tho ordinary price. Mr. K. Balsillie is a nephew of Mr. John - Balsillie, of Kairanga, Palmcrston North. ' : At a meeting of tho Borough Council to-hight a . petition,. signed :by, .a,large mimbor of.business.pcoplej.was.presented ; asking -that Saturday.-.be /appointed for, .the statutory half-holiday. A largo de- ; putation from the -/Assoßialion presented a■: counter-petition' requesting that AVeducsday be'reappointed as the day.'/Tho council adopted Wednesday: It "was decided to give Commissioner Hay, of the, Salvation Aniiy, a civic reception . on;his.arrival how. -.. .