PALMERSTON NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1285, 14 November 1911, Page 7

PALMERSTON NEWS.

(By Tclcrraph.—Special Corri'ni'Oii'tpiU.l Palmcrslon, Ntivrinln'r 111, The l'nlnierslcui Urns:. Kami k.iw ,i musical programme a! the linspiliil grounds yesterday alU'rnmm. "Local Ni)-l,it-rn--o a failure, NatiiMi.il Prohibition Impossible," was I lie subject of a lecture given at Fullers' Thcntrn last night by Mr. 11. M. Slownl'l, of Christchureli. The Mayor presided, ami, at the conclusion of ffit* address, after ansivering several questions, Mr. Slewarl, wn> accorded a vote of thanks. The new road through the Siberia Estate, near the Munawatu (irtrge (recently cut up and sold by Mr. A. Harding). to be taken in hand by Iho Oroua County Council at once, and fanned and metalled. The County Council will also make tho other thoroughfares connected with the reading of Ihe estate. The Technical School Committee of tho Palmerston High School Board of Governors has framed a schemo for tho future control of the Technical School. Shooting for the Ruthcriord Cup was comenced by tho High School Cadets at. the Ilokowhitu rang*) on Saturday morning, the range being 200 yards. A high wind was blowing. The scores are:—Sorgt. Young, 32: Sergt. C. Gill, 2(1; Cadet. .13. Bennett, 27; Cadet G. Bennett, 2li; Ccrpl. Sanson, 24; Sergt. Vernon, 2.3; Sergt. Luxford, 23; Lieut. A. Young, 23; C'adet Biker, 23; Sergt. C. Low\ 22. The Palmerston branch of the Farmers' Union met on Saturday, Mr. J. Balsillio presiding. There were also present; Messrs. L. R. Bryant, A. Harding, R. Gardner, J. Wingate, Captain Ifewitt, and F. Manl. It was resolved that the next meeting be held on the first Saturday, of the month, instead of the second, to receive the replies of political candidates to the questions submitted to them. Witii reference to the question of stock . charges for dairy cattle sold by auotion, Mr. Balsillic slated that in Jus opinion there should bo a uniform scale of charges. It was thought, too, that it would be a good thing in the case of dairy stock that was not sold that an entranco fee to the yards of Is. each be charged for single, animals, and that tho lots on which the minimum rate was charged should bo reduced to five instead of ten. On the motion Of Mr, Wingate, it. was resolved to obtaiu the schedule rates from tho Hawko's Bay, Pahiatua, and Wairnrapa districts, with a view to obtaining uniform rates for the Wellington, Tnranaki, and Hawke's Bay districts, and to request that tho replies be sent in before December. It was also resolved that it be an instruction to any delegate appointed from here to a«k for a reduction to t per cent, on the dairy stpek sold in lots up to five, and that an entrance of Is. bo charged on stock that is not sold. A large number of breaches of. tho borough by-laws were dealt with in tile Police Court to-day, beforo Mr. A. D. Thomson, S.M. Offenders were fined in sums from ss. upward?. It is anticipated that there will be nearly a thousand more names on the electoral roil for the coining election than was the case three years aeo. The populous district of Linlon is now included in the electorate, and this will account for a good deal of the increase.