PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1165, 28 June 1911, Page 5

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

-— p IBy TeleEraph.—Special Correspondent.! | . Palmorston, June 27. 1 The annual meeting of the Palmerston ' No-License League was held yesterday. 1 Btisinoss was tancn in cc;nmittee. j .. After a rather prolonged illness, Mrs. i Charlotte Mitchell, ono of Palnicrston'9 -I pioneers, died yesterday, aged 5S years.' I The deceased lady, who had a wide circle of friends, leaves a family of five sons 1 and four daughters. ' The band of tlio Salvation Army now numbers thirty-five. An effort is to be mado to raise sufficient funds to purchase 1 a new set of instiumeuts. The Manawatu Boxing Association will 1 hold its annual championship meeting in about three weeks' time. 1 At a special meeting of the Manawatu Trotting Club last night, Mr. J. M'llroy in the chair, it was decided, as the Awapuni racecourse was not available, to hold its first trotting meeting on the Ashhurst course, which had been offered at a rental of .fitO. A programme, with stakes of £200, was drawn up and approved. At a meeting of the executive of the Manawatu Hockey Association last night, Miss Bramlcy, of the Wellington Hiiie1110a Club, was appointed the Manawatu representative on the New Zealand Ladies' Hockey Association. The following team was selected to represent. Manawatu in the representative match with Wangamji, at Palmerston, on • July 12:—Sorensen, Walkley. Kcrslake, Bason, M'Gregor. Moore, Webb, i'itt, Elliott, Crump, and Parker; emergency: backs. Short, Bennett. Hancock; forwards, Stanley, Meat3a\t'the Police Court to-day, before Mr. A. D. Thomas, S.M., John M'Convillo was brought un on remand on p. chargo of stealing £So, the property of John Hurley. On the application of the police the case was withdrawn, as. they had not sufficient evidence, o;id accused was discharged.. The following Palmerston Aorth candidates .have passed the nurses' registration examination:—Beatrice M'Leau, Wvnnifred Stronach, Mabel Crook, -Ina L." Bennett, and Margaret M. Daw. All are members of the local public hospital staff. ___________