PALMERSTON NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1192, 29 July 1911, Page 3

PALMERSTON NEWS.

IFrom Our Special CorrcsDondenU Palmerston, July L'S. "That the Initjiitivo and Jicieremltiitf should Conn a part, of the. pulilicul machinery of every Slate," was llio subject <lis-cns-eil at (lie weekly meet ing of the Pal'nicrston 'laterary mill Delia liiif,' Society last nixlit. There was a jjoofl attendance, anil Homo forcible arguments, pro nutl con, were pill; forward. At tho conclit-i-ion of the debate, a vod , rc-stiHotl iu tho question being negatived on (lie casting vote of tho chairman. At tho next incutitig tho question as <o whether AVolincton or Jiolean did most to bring about Xapoleon's downfall will bo the subject for debate. The medical examination of our young territorial.) is now properdins. It. it; bcini* conducted by Surgeon-Major O'Brien and Captain Pencil. Of hovonty s.O fur oxamilicd, only two have been .-el aside. The Orona Drainage Board proposes to raise a further lo;m of <£2~M Jo continue the work on the main drain. "Discipline and organisation" were (ho subjects of mi address Riven last lnchl by Colonel Chaytor to tho members of lhi>. Monr.watu Oflieors' Club. Colonel Priußlo presided. Sir. Waller Smith, manager of tho Workinfr Mimi'j Club, who has been in a prU vale hospital for soino time, is now well on towards convalescence, and will shortly visit Te Aroha to recuperate. The euchre tournament of the friendly Miciclics was continued iiijrht, wlieu the I'oresters defeated Oddfellows (liana, wain ),nil K e) by :«) t,i ;i:i. and Hibernians beat Oddfellows (Orient) by 17 to 'Jo. Tho .Hibernians are now lending in the touriuimen! willi eij;lii; jiuints. The Mnnawalii Association football rejirescnlaives left ior (.Miristohureh yesterday. A number of supiiorters (inchiiliiiK I lie prrsident of the nusoeiation, Mr. W. Kullii'i'l'iird), iiccompanied the team. 'J'lio Caneiliiition Cnmmissioner (Mr. P. Iliilly) wit hei-e yesterday to hear mattera in coniieclion with Iho Bakers' and Pas-

li'jrcouksi' Union, which is asking for a new award. 'Die employers' assossom were: Jfossrs. .1). E. Dustin (Pnlmcrston North), H. Whitehead (Feilding), and M. Perrcati (Foxton), Hie union boing represented by Ifessrs. A. Collins, 10. Broughton, and L. W. tioodcliild, Mr. 11. Cooper appearing as tho union's' agent. The council failed (o conto to an agreement on seve.' fill points, Filch as the hour of starting, preference, wages, and, after sittings liavo been held in the ceutres of the industrial district, a conference will probably bo held in I'almwston to endeavour to como to nil agreement without going to the Arbitration Court. A meet ing of the local branch of tho Veterans' Association was held Isst night, Captain Hewitt, Jf.X., presiding; It waa decided in establish a benevolent fund to assist indigent members, and a petition to Parliament—to grant pensions to holders of the Xow Zeal n-l' war medals—waa signed by all present. ir.nc.li regret am! sympathy was cxprcMed here when tin; news of Hr. T. E. Taylor , '; death calm- through. The Hon. Ifr. Pitt was here vesterday, and made an inspection of the Municipal Opera House with n view to making suggestions io tho. Borough Council for tho improvement of tho theatre, especially in regard to the pit, from the front rows only of which can the stage bo seen. The Hon. J. A. Millar, Minister for Railways, has had to cancel bis promised visit to Palmerston. It had been proposed that he should meet deputations from tho Borough Council and Chamber of Commerce in regard io railway matters, here.