Around the City

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 4, 6 January 1937, Page 6

Around the City

Paragraphs About People and Events Inspector Cummings, of the Palmerston North Police Force, is on his annual leave at Lawrence, Otago. <§> <t ® Mr. W. D. Olney, recently manager ot the Commercial Bank of Australia at Palmerston North, wiil succeed Mr. A.' M. Kilgour, manager of the bank at Tiinaru for the last six years, who has been appointed to a position at Swan Hill, Victoria. <s> <s> <s> <s> Constable Patterson, who for twelve years has been stationed at the central police station, Palmerston North, left yesterday to take charge of the Tokaanu police 'station. For the past seven years he has acted as district clerk. Constable Patterson will be succeeded by Constable Kearton, of Christchurch. <3> <S> <S> <s> No definite or suspected case of infantile paralysis has yet been notified in Palmerston North, the “Times” learned yesterday from Mr. S. B. Reed, district inspector of health. This despite the numerous and persistent rumours being circulated as to an outbreak of the disease in the city. <S> «> <3Workmen will shortly commence the task of remodelling the premises #f Messrs. H. L. Young, Ltd., in Broadway. This improvement has been do cided on in keeping with the business progress of this shopping thoroughfare. The increasing shopping capacity of Broadway is indicated by the fact that City Council workmen are at present laying new telephone cables to provide for a greater volume of traffic. <S>' <§> <S> <3 Sentence of four months’ imprisonment with hard labour was imposed in the Palmerston North Magistrate’s Court yesterday on Richard Henry Platt, married, a flaxworker, aged 51, who was charged with assaulting a boy under 14 years of age on December 5. Messrs J. H. Stevens and W. Low' Black, J.P.’s, were on the Bench. Platt, who pleaded guilty, was arrested on Monday after being identified by the boy concerned. Though previously unable to give a detailed description to the police, the lad recognised his assailant after a month while engaged in parcel delivery on Monday.

The Hon. A. J. Hyland, Assistant Minister of Agriculture and Secretary of the Victorian Cabinet, and Mr. H. A. Muilett, Victorian Director of Agriculture, who will represent the Victorina Government at the congress of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, which

is to be held in Auckland this month, arrived in Palmerston North yesterday, Mr. Muilett being accompanied by his wife and they are staying at the Grand Hotel. During the afternoon they visited the Seed Testing Station and plant research area at Massey College. This morning they will visit Marton and Jater they are to proceed to Hawke’s Bay.

Passengers on the goods train from Wanganui to Palmerston North last night hitherto uninitiated to the sights

of this city, found themselves treated to an unscheduled “stop” when their carriage became stationary somewhere near the Victoria avenue crossing. As the minutes fled by some began to imagine that they had come to their destination or perhaps overslept themselves and been shunted on to a siding. But their confusion was as nothing compared with that of people on the station platform who were treated to the spectacle of only the front portion of the train drawing into the station. The explanation is simple enough. Owing to a coupling breaking, the driver was compelled to leave the remainder of the rolling stock and come into the station and make arrangements to overcome the unusual situation. No delay was occa-

sioned other trains, and the Auckland Limited express, which departs north soon after the arrival of the Wanganui train, was able to leave on time.

An unusual compliment has been paid to the matron and staff of All Saints' Children’s Home by the dental nurses at the central clinic in the city who express admiration for the manner in which the teeth of the children are cared for. Mr. F. G. Murpy, the secretary of the Dental Clinic Committee, recently conveyed these sentiments to Rev. Canon G. Y. Woodward, vicar of All Saints’, who has forwarded the letter to the matron (Mrs. Bain). It reads: “The reports of the dental nurses which have just come to hand, are full of praise and admiration of the care and attention given to the teeth of the children from All Saints’ Home who are receiving treatment at the local dental clinic. 'My committee wish me to convey to you their appreciation of the interest taken in the matter by those in charge, and would deem it a favour if you would kindly forward this appreciation to the matron and her assistants. ’ ’