PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1027, 17 January 1911, Page 2

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

i THE COUXTERTEITiXG^CHAHGE. (By Telegraph.'—Special' Correspondent.) ; Palmerston NortlvJanuary.-46. At an inquest... to-day, held by' th 4 Coioner,. touching .the..death—of..the infant. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Goldfinch, which died suddenly on Friday, /a verdict ivas returned that , death was'duo to. natural causes. Sub-Inspector O'Donovan, who, appeared; for the . police, remarked that it was regrettable. that- people did not .make more use of the Pliinket nurses, as they: were especially trained to'deal with cases of infantile trouble. l At the Police Court to-day, before Mr. A. D. Thomsou, S.M., a yourfg man named Charles Henry O'LoughJin was charged with Jiaving seven counterfeit half-crowns, in his .possession,: together with .plaster' of ppris', moulds.' He was remanded 'till Saturday .next, \ : bail being allowed," hiinself in iSIOO and two sureties of. ,£2OO each or one of ,£400.. '*. ■ An assault case, out of which the prose, cution for regarding .-counterfeit. -coins arose, was also heard. .In this-O'Lough-lin charged T. Martin with assaulting him.. Defendant was convicted, and. ordered to.pay solicitor's fee 21s. For soliciting custom' for express hireo on the railway station, G. Ward- was convicted and discharged.. For blocking traffic at the railway station on one of tho race days," Jnmes'Bamby- "wns-fined 20s. and costs. ' B. White was .fined 40s. and costs for procuring liquor during the., currency of a prohibition _order. The.' Magistrate stated that accused wouldhave to go to PaUatoa if ho did not mend his ways. John Jones, jun., was fined 10s. anil costs for plying for. hire with an express without a license; On the information of tho Inspector of Awards, Keeling and, -Mundy were mulctcd in a .nominal penalty for employing; a girl at "pancr-Tuling contrary to the conditions of "the award. For a breach ,of tho Stock.. Act, Duncan Gordon was fined 18s., and' costs.. A number of'other minor, cases were heard. . The Palmerston Brass Band is among tho contestants which have entered for the North Island band competition hera. . next mouth. The baud has been ' unfortunate in losing several .prominent, players lately, who have left, the district, . but it has nevertheless gone into' aud will do its best. Latterly the bandci has improved very much in ibj, playing.,.., A meeting of motor 'cyclists w'as held." here on Saturday evening, when a Motor . 'Cyclists''-Club was : fornied.,:.At'-,a later;, 1 meeting officers will be appointed. A pre-.,, liminary ruu was held yesterday to Tura--, liina-and back. -- ■ Bowlers returning from the Auckland , tournament to Masterton' on Saturday' afternoon "broke their-journey at Palmerston, and played a couple of matches ; with-local players, the Matter winning both'{ games, the aggregate scores being: Pal-: merston, 53; Mas.terton, 29. : Mr:-J. Hr'Phiilpot',' - organist at St, 5 :, Matthew's Anglican Church, Auckland, ij J oil ! a visit"to Palmerston, and is with''Mr."'S. Jick'el!, Borough Engineer,