PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.
(Irom Our Special Correspondent.! • Palmopston North, January 20 Tile annual meeting of the Palmerston Liedertafel was held last;, night,: .whe'ii there. was a' large attendance 'of ..members, and .3I.rA. AV;.... L. Scott , occupiedthe chair.A letter read-from Mr. W.. F. A. Mason, -.who 'lias beenWcOn-i ductor since ■ the inception of the ■ so'-': . cietjr foiir.::years ;ago, < {resigning thatposition, owing' to now 'living : much : further - from - town. ■' The resignation was accepted.with regret,' Mr.; Mason was the.jjie4,qi: T . tafel, as.dii' pf.'.his .semQes,'! The following ofiiceis yvere : electe&i-rk-President, Mr. AV. L. Scott; vice'-presi-dent, Mr. H. -Lyall; conductor, ~ Mr. H. ; . secretary. Mi;. R.'A..Mior'; treasurer, Mr. W. Hughes; . librarian, Mr.' E." Gardner; audito'r, Mr. H. C.; Rogers ; ■ committee,;-Messrs. J. Lv Barnicoat, Gl C.' Keeble, and H, D.' iiatchelar. At Newberry last night, Mr. Ramsden, who has- been postmaster there for somo- time, - was farewelled at a' smoke'concert, and his successor, Mr. Neil, was welcomed. There was a large! attendance... A long toast.list was.hon-! oured, -. and.' .a lengthyprogramme, of vocal items rendered.- .1 A ■ very~ : piea-" sant, .evening - was passed., Sir. Peter Bowling was to have given an address ,in Palmerston ■ last nighty but, at the'elev'entli hour, - other arrangements were: made, and the promised speech did not take place. : The . regular meeting of. the local Lodge of Oddfellows was held last night, when there was a good attendance, and Bro. W. S.' Woodi'oofe, N.G., presided. The balance-sheet' was adopted. One new member was initiated.- During.the evening, Bro. F. Nevill, P.G.,. was presented with a framed emblem of the order. At the conclusion. of the busi- 1 riess a quoit mit-ch was' held,, and was won by Bro. S. J. Yi'atson, ,
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1031, 21 January 1911, Page 13
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