PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1042, 3 February 1911, Page 3

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

[From Our Ssccial 'CDrresDonilent.V Palmerston North, February.-2. The official opening of the new High School is to take place on February 18. Tho building is noiv almost completed, the contractors, Messrs. Sollitt Bros., being well within the contract time. The building is a very handsome one, and far ahead, both- in size and architectural beauty, of thu one that was destroyed- by fire. ■; Tho hot dry weather > still continues, and the water supply is gradually lowering. It is expected that unless wo get rain very soon, the use of water for gardens, etc., will have to be stopped and the supply conserved in every possible direction. To-morrow polls are to bo taken on tho questions of raising loans for tho purpose of carrying tin. height ot tho dam from 1-1 feet to 50 feet, and also to provide mechanical filters. The raising of the dam would increase the storage capacity froui one million to fifteen million gallons. It is expected that tho artesian wells, of which ttiuro are a number in the borough, aro alsa showing signs of giving out, the supply from these having cased off considerably during the lato (fry weather. Mr. J. Jury, for many years a member of the Palmerston Football Club, who is leaving here, was entertained by thu club last night, and presented with a case of pipes. > For the month of January Uio bosSital statistics are as follow:—Patients in 10 hospital on January 1, 38; ndmitted during the mouth, i:>; discharged, 49; died, i; at present in tho hospital, 30. Mr. A. Conway; a Cheltenham farmer, has been nominated as of tho Manawatu A. and P. Association. Mr. Conway has been a vice-president of the association, and for a number of years has been an active member of tho com-' inittoe.

■All the State schools reopened after the holidays yesterday, and at the whole of thorn there wero large numbers of new scholars, at tho High School there being no fewer than 75 nc«- students. Many' of the children have not yet got back from their holiday trips, ami it will probably take :i week to get them nil properly settled down to their work ugaiii for the year. Fifty per coui. of the scholars who sat from the l'aimerston Ilijli , School passed the recent examinations, which bears most favourable comparison with the numbers who passed from similar institutions elsewhere.' '

The Manawatu Amateur Athletic Club held another of its evening gatherings last evening, when there was a good attendance at the Palmerston sports ground to see the two events run off. The following are the results:—l2o Yards Handicap: D. Park, 12yds., 1; Hay, 7yds., 2: It. Milne, 9yds., 3. Time, 11 3-s=cc. 1000 Yards Handicap: G. ICcddcll, 35yds., 1; A. Gardner, 80yds., 2; W. Waters, liOyds., 3. Time, 3min. 39sec.