PALMERSTON DAY BY DAV.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 887, 5 August 1910, Page 2

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAV.

■ _*_. SUCCESSFUL FANCY DRESS. BALL. : (From Our Special Correspondent) Palmerston, August 4. , The juvenile fancy dress ball at the ",. Opera House last night was a great sue-', cess. Fully two hundred children, the' whole of them in fancy costume, took', part in, the dancing on;the stage, the", grand march being a particularly fine; sight. The dress circle, stalls, and. other parts of the Opera House were; crowded with spectators, and the whole,' function proved most' enjoyable.' Thesuccess of the pageant is/principally due to Mrs. W. T. Wood, who had with her' a large number of ladies, who lent very material assistance 'm organising' 'the' ball. The funds go to the proposed Old;' Men's' Home, which will benefit to a* large amount. During the evening the treasurer of the fund, Jlr.W.Kutherfurdi gave <a ; statement of how.'the .fund now 5t00d.,../There was in hand from the-last ball an • amount; .61 ,£lll, 'whiqh',:with ■ inwould , ; be-raised,, to about ";i£27oi "\ . The "a t~ the present ball'"and',' the' : '.subsidy-.would mean another' " ,£90."; '" ; In v addition -to this, Mrs. R. Essex had carried out a canvass of the town ; and had raised, with subsidy, another -.£l5O. Heartyvotes of thanks'were accorded Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Esses, and others-who had rendered such' valuable, aid. - The annual congregational meeting of St. Andrew's Church was held last night, when there was a large attendance, and the-Rev. A. Doull, M.A., presided. The session..clerk, Mr. J. E. Vernon, gave,a summary. of the work done during the year, and referred to the removal ;to Auckland of the Rev. T:-. Jolly,. whom they all very much--regretted-'having lost. The financial statement showed the receipts amounted to .£lOll, disburse-' ments ,£I4OO, thus leaving p. debit bal-' i ance. The report of the Sunday School superintendent, Mr. J; Wallace, 'showed a credit balance of .£6 165.; 6d. • Mr'. J. -■-.- C. Lane, deacon's. committee, reported that the organ had been thoroughly renovated at a cost'of £160. The ladies of . the congregation presented the new pastor with, a gown, which was acknowledg-ed-in, suitable terms. -Votes ofvthunks were passed to Messrs. ■!. E. Vernon, J. C, Lane, and F. Foote for .their, services during the year:". '-." ■- Shortly before three o'clock this-morn-ing the Fire Brigade was summoned to a fire which had broken out in the tobacconist's sliop belonging to Mr. Frank Mow;lem, in Main Street, near,the . railway station. The brigade succeeded in coilfining'the conflagration to this.'- and the adjoining shop, the latter, being-empty. : Both shops were gutted, and nothing was saved,from Mr. Mqwlem's premises.Tlie four shops in the block belong to ify. A. F. Anderson, formerly proprietor . of an hotel here, -but now a fanner at Stratford. There is an insurance .of £700 in the Royal Office on the 1 buildings. Mowlem's stock, furniture, and . fittings were insured in the Alliance Office for .£2OO, and W. Oates, cycle agent, had an insurance of .£IOO in the same office. *' . A small cottage on the. Longburn-Kai-ranga Road, belonging to Mr. J. Wingate, of Longburn, was destroyed by nT6 vesterday morning. The house had been empty for about two months. It was insured in the Allance Office for .£150.-,