PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1028, 18 January 1911, Page 9

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Ai'TRIF TO fHE'EiUiHiNES. : EXCISED BOOKMAKER' IN COURT. (from Our Spccial Correspondent.) •.' Palmerston, .Tanuary;i7. The Mnnawatu Philosophical Society is organising., a botanical. excursion. to Mount Wharite on Anniversary Day (January 23). Mount Wharite, it may bo explaitlEd,, is a very high hill iii tho Rualiine Range, close to 'Woodvillo, and, apart from tho botanical aspect of tho excursion, 4 :' is well. worth: a. visit on account sof tho magnificent view of tho surrounding country, which is', to bo obtained from'its, summit. The'ascent is a verj'easy one from the Woodvillo side, a long, gradual spur leading to tho top. j '..Tho excursion party will leave Palniorston by'.the; seven ; o'clock train, the day proves ■ fine tho outing should;be a very enjoyable one.. '. ' i : .

Court Manawatu, A.0.F., held its usual pieetiug last night in the. Foresters' Hall. . There was a attendance, and C.R.' Bro. RdSanowski octiupicd the chair. One new,'candidate was initiated and for membership.. .The, balancg-'slieet,' showing that tho finances were in a most flourishing condition, was read (and adopted. The Woodwards reported that there was only one mimber oh tho sick fund. It was .resolved to present, P.C.R. Bro. Patten, ,jun„ with' a scarf and neck ribbon. " ' Maoris from 1 all .parts of :'the. district ha.ve been gathering here to hold a tangi in connection with tho 'death of a native "lianiod Taylor',':, well-known in Palmerston, and who is said to have -possessed landed rights .ia. the Piiketotara Block. ;

Tho monthljv meeting if tlie • Onward Tent of Rechabites was lield last evening, wheii mostly routine , husiness'..was. trans.'aoted.. It was. decided; to entertain, tho delegates to the general conference' at k on: their • return. journey,' and a committee, comprising Bros. Pratt; .Morgan, and'lngram was appointed to make arrangements. 'Among tho-speakers (it. the taction will, be Bros. J. J. Wesuey, •D.C.R., of Inveroargill, who has, in Hie past,. been a , prominent No-Licenso worker.

.'At the conclusion of the case yesterday afternoon, in which . the bookmaker j. L-aidlaw, was fined .£lO and costs for betting at the.' Ashhurst ineeting after the advertised' tirao of starting of a race, the defendant fcecame very excited, aiul began to address offioials of the Racing Club in a very loud voice, at tho same timo swinging his arms, about in a manner Suggestive of flails. He was cautioned by the police, and perhaps fortunately for him his, case constituted, tho last business for the ; day. Otherwise, it is possiblo the Magistrate might have considered it necessary to deal with hitn further.... :

Baldness nsed to bo a misfortune. Now it is bad- f&rui. No uiah need be bald, unless ; ho • wants to,'or-is too-careless to grow hair. Tho day of the silly quack "hair-restorers". is . over. John Strango Winter's Hair Food has doomed them. It differs from- the others, because it makes hair grow. Price, 3s. 6d., everywhere.— Advt. ' , i

Mi's. Game—"See" here, Mr. G., I thought you said you had . been duck shooting; but these ducks are- tanie ducks." "Yes, m' dear; I tamed 'em after I—(hie)—shot 'em.":' 4

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