MANAWATU.

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 40, 16 August 1921, Page 8

MANAWATU.

PALMERSTON N., This Day. The campaign to raise £10,000 for the purpose of establishing a: St. Helens Home in Palmerston North is now in full swing, and those having control of affairs are confident that they will attain their objective. On Saturday night the Wellington Commercial Travellers' Ohoir held a concert, from which the receipts were about £160. On ' Sunday afternoon they gave an entertainment at Fedlddng, and collected £54, while on Sunday night a sacred concert in the Opera -House at PalmeTston North restated in £51. more being raised. At, the Magistrate's Court yesterday James Arthur Rendall, of Palmerston North, was charged with cruelty to stock, The police evidence was to the effeqtthat two cows and twelve heifers had'been left in a two-acre paddock that was absolutely devoid of feed, oae witness stating that it was ac clear a case of starvation as he had seen. The defendant stated that, in addition to the paddock on which the' animals were inspected, he had several acres of land in another part of the town, The stock had been moved about from one paddock to another, and when the police saw them had only been in that particular paddock one night. H« was perfectly satisfied that for the time of the year they were in good condition, The Magistrate remarked that it was not an, extreme case, but defendant must. be convicted and lined £5 amd costs.