PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1060, 24 February 1911, Page 2

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

0 ' . •:*: tßjr Telccrftpb.- Spccial. CorrcsDon'Jcot.l • I • Palmerston, February 23. The Friendly Societies' Council has de--0 cided to issue "a prospectus for a Friendly Ij Societies'. dispensary, shares ,t6 he 10s. e o.uh.-.-Several applications have already tecij rgcdivodfoE, th«-position of manager s' 'Sh'tl, (i/spfljtser,':bti( ' it;scorns, were r^tlicr^pl-gpAturV.),. I, bowleri from the Levin-Ciub, ii caniß -to Palmerston yesterday, and played: 1 the ;liol(lers-of-the-iJixon. Cup, but fa [let! l to'secure the trophy, the holders winning •. the game by 23 points to. 13. 1 1 Edward Duncan. Richards,-land agent, e has i filed a statement in bankruptcy, f showing liabilities ,£5Bl 15.',7 d.• Unse : s cured.' .are:—J.' H. 'Nixon's* - estate (Wnnganui), ,£316 7s. ; Wellingr ton CityiiC'quueil,' £18 Ss. -Ljd.'ij J. M'Gregor - (Masterton),-.£2t'lßs.i C. -B. Buxton (Wolr. lington),'-.£5:,-ssi Bd.; Waitojara Road f Board,'i<Gl7 Bs. 3d; R.;:M\»Harden (Kirn- , '■ holtort); 'Xll;-.W.'.Beere., (Wellington),' i£3 } 3^.;; C..thva.(l.ov/?i\, Hutt), .£6.155.; A. Tvt v Cleavpand Co";, £i 15s.;_ A. Glcdhiir"(Djnnßvirk'?V'is.; T., Bnrt. t (Lower Hntt); - U!3B ISsi'i Ji " W. Ma'ekay 9 (Wellington), 15s. ;'Sa'muel;and Gray • (Wellington), £5. The assets arb . tho 15 surplus of securities over secured debt- ' (.£255). Secured creditors are:-'E. So'tner- • villo and others, value of security «£G00: > debt, £520; E.- C.' Peers and J. Goodin, ' security, ,£1575; debt, .£llOO. . Total • security, .£2175; total debt, ,£1920.' , • 'An alarm, was sounded; on the ' End firebell-'a little beforo 8 o'clock'last' rifjjht, tho cause, curjpusly enongb, being [* that a file had-started in a" 1 room, in tho brigade sta'tiori "there. of-tho conl tents -of' thß-room were burnt, but -on tho J wholo 'not 'very' mufcb damage was doiift.; . '''Ths'iqcal' l'6otball ."ftSsociftion is cont sidcring the proposed visit of a "soccer" J team from Australia, during next season; 1 and it is provable that the necessary , guarante? for a match iu Palinerston t will bo forthcoming. , r : A five-roomed cottage, with shop attaohf ed, in Main Street, -near-Terrace : End, f rfas destroyed by fire, this afternoon. Tho i house, which was , occupied by Mrs. .. M'Carthy and family, belonged' to MrrG. , Hirsch, aiid was insured in the -New Zealand office for. ,£3CQ. Very. little of i the contents (on which' there was no ia- • $urnnce),wa9 saved. , The following members of the Linton i Rifle Club have entered for the chami pionship meeting at. Trentham, next . month: —Riflemen ■W. Randell, i A". ■ 'L'ur- ' ner, J. Pickering, 12. Needham.J. Kyle, • and G. Craw. ■ A. meeting of the Farmers' Union | Defence Committee was held at Palmer'ston to-day. Mr. J. G. Wilson, presided. I Tho matter of the Arbitration Court holding sittings in Wellington on March 6, Palinerston North March 21, and AVanganui March 24/ to consider the shed hands' dispute,' was discussed, and it : was decided to make arrangements for tvidenco 1 to bo given in this case.' It was reported that tlio Wool Classers' Union had made an application in Canterbury for pro- : posals for an award. ■