PALMERSTON NOTES.

Evening Star, Issue 15066, 24 December 1912, Page 3

PALMERSTON NOTES.

The rain that has- fallen during the j last few • clays was badly needed. Although the shearing has been delayed by it, the fanners agree that it has don© no harm. The high winds in the previous week dried up tile ground making the roads too dusty for cycling or motoring, but now' they are m splendid order for the holidays. • T xu Ra £ leu % llelcl last Wednesday m tlio Rev. Mr Kewley's grounds, under the auspices of the Anglican Church, for the purpose of endowing a cot in the orphanage, was patronised as well as could be expected. The weather looked very threatening all day and ram fell about 4 o'clock, sending tie pleasure-seekers homo earlier thaii they expected. Old Aunt Sallv a lucky dip. and various other entertainments helped to make the aftornoon a success. The ladies of the English Church provided afternoon tea free llie funds raised amounted to between £l2 and £l3. : The High School closed for the Christmas holidays on Thursday last, lhere was a good attendance of parents and relations to see the prizes presented to the successful students A new feature of the brealdng-up ceremony was the excellent afternoon tea provided for the lady visitors, the comestibles being cooked bv the girls attending the cookery classes attached to the school. Waikouaiti is to bo congratulpted • upon the first show held. The experience gained from this year's show will be of great assistance to the promoters, and, given fine weather, there is no reason why next year's show should rot tar surpass the one held this year Th~ show ground is most suitable fo- the exhibition of stock, while -t,s uroximity to the_ railway station makes it vtrv convenient for visitors. At the meeting of the W.iihcmo County Council on Saturday <*.~t Lhe question of hawkers' and pedlars' licenses was brought up. The council's solicitor said that the bv-law was a drastic one, and only excluded warehousemen and persons who manufactured their own goods, the fees being £1 for pedlars and £.2 for hawkers. Jt was decided that the hawkers' licenses should be collected m accordance with the by-law, and that applications, for the combined position of dog tax and hawker s license collector be called for —Uwn correspondent, December '?3

Yesterday afternoon a GrevmouthOtira mixed tram collided with a timber special from Te Kinga, which was shunting at the Brunner yards The mixed tram overran the 'points and crashed into the engine of the timber train Both engines were damaged, and three trucks of the mixed train were derailed. The engine on the timber train was able to resume its journey. 1 raffle was held up for over two hours, but no one was injured NEVER WAITS. I never wait until my children are bad with colds or croup, but give them Chambe--lams Cough Remedy as soon as I find them breathing heavily,' writes Mrs Armstrong, Bunbury W.A. "I certainly think there is no medicine hke Chamberlain's Remedy for colds and croup. It has done my son lots of good."—[Advt ] "