PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 748, 22 February 1910, Page 6

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

:: (ByTelenißh.—BDeoial'Oomsrondehb'' , '' , ;•■•; ■'-''>. '" ■'. Palmerstoh.'.F^fuajsi^i, "% ■'. Competitions for the company's .■ -loelt f by thC.Palmerstpn :Eifles'.were completed, on' /Saturday,'.- .and:,Corporal,: Kells ..,has come out.'on top, 'winning.the ,belt,'b'y : treniely'.'consistent- shooting. The aggregates for thb five highest shots are :— Corporal- , K«lls, i '2ls'; ; Col.-Sergt." , Pe'rriii; 2Uj. Vol.' Ashby,'2l2; Sergt. Stock,'2o9; Vol.; Cook,-.205 ; ■•; / : ; v';,-, ' ',The annual-picnic of 'the Kelvin Grove ' Public School' was most . enjoyable : on' l'riday - afternoon.' , -It-' was held Mn ' adjoining paddocks belonging to Messrs.-St.' .O.Jounneaus: and Pedersen, the' spot being a delightful one. for the purpose. The parents provided an', abundance'of refreshments,, a. sports programme for the children was :arranged, r . and- the commit.teo,.'headed- by the'chairman (Mr> C. .Gawith), made things pleasant for everybody. Mr. Devlin, in'the absence of Mr.G. S.:Bennett,' presented'the school prizes; In the evening ,a' "social,", which , also proved most enjoyable,: was held. ■ i . . The sports ground was .'. occupied , on Saturday-"afternoon Mwith-. the continuation of the , championship .match, between . Old" Boys' A. and B. teams.. The .scores in the first innings on the previous Saturday.were:—B team, 63; A team,.loo. The B team in :their second, innings- put on ■ 175—Reed 39, Mitchell •26, Simmons ' 22, Gestro 22, EeedlC, and Jiekell 14. When stumps were drawn tho A team, had lost three wickets for 84 (Jounneaus. 32, Wakelin'l9,,Mpore 13). V ~,. ,■. ' ...,. The cricketers selected to go into prae. tree in view of,the match with the Australian team are putting in good.work at the ;ueis, three. or. four evening,; a and,they hope, to make a good showing against the "Cornstalks'."-.-.';. , -.'. ,, ' .■-..:.-, . The rink of Palmerston bowlers,' Messrs. P., Wilson, I.S:- Russell, A.' Pickering,: and F.. J. Tasker. (s.),' who .went to Feilding on Saturday to battle for the Dixou Cup, are, very much pleased with their, success, having secured the trophy by 24 points- to 17. It is understood, however, that' they have already been challenged by another 'team'.-. , ' ''•'.'";. ,'■' /.','■:' -.;. ; "A large crowd assembled on the : Squaie on Saturday night, when Mr:-J; Cameron, a representative- of the'-, Anti-Chinese League, gave an address on the-desirabil-ity of excluding Chinese from'; the Dominion: ■.:.-.-.'.■..':■.'.■ V.. -.;":• :■.■■■..■-:■.■■.:■■. -y-.

A'long procession followed the remains of the late .Mr... Hans -Peter Petersen to the . ■ End Cemotery. '■ ■ yesterday.' The, late Mr. Petersen was one' of the pioneer- settlers, of Kairanga, 'where he ; lived for .nearly., forty!years, .i)- ■:> ■ The last service.was held'in All Saints' Church, at the-corner of the Square, last night, prior ;tp the edifice being moved back to, make, room for the new ■ stone church which is to be orected. > ■ . ~..-•.

The Supreme! Court, to-day was occupied! in : hearing a case in..which W. Y. -B.' Pearce was charged with the theft of ■ cattle. The : -jury, after' three'.'hours! retirement, returned a verdict i of. not guilty. ■ '-.. ■; ■ ':;-.- , : ;;.-: .; - ■. . .