Parmerston Doings.

Free Lance, Volume XVIII, Issue 949, 19 September 1918, Page 4

Parmerston Doings.

U.L.U.I ( iHRIRTAHCT.j— and Mrs. Jack Strang are re»JJO. turning to New Zealand very soon. They have been:in Flngland since the early days of the war. Tlieir eldest son, .Laeiut. Alexis Strang, who is attached to the Flying is a. prisoner of war in Austria. -— * * * ® Our populax- young Town Clerk, Mr. J. liar die, has just passed, the Fit A test. * ■» ■» ivlrs. it. A. Fuller and family have heen spending a Holiday at .fummeirton. .• * * it * The Palmerston North Inventors' Board, a newly-formed body to promote inventions among local enthusiasts and geniuses, has had two contrivances accepted for investigation, and they are now beang tested on a hospital ship. * «■ * & Private Len Ford, nephew of Mrs. Hairy Palmer, has been' killed in A 1 ranee. . *'.*■«■ & Mrs. Don, a first-ranker in women's social-, organisations in New Zealand, and hailing from thei Scotch city of Dunedm, put forward a woman's point of view. on the Drink question on Sunday night. *a. > a Private Con. McGrath, who is home on leave, has been farewelled in many quarters. The Terrace End Tennis and J*owling Club, of which-' ; he'\.was secretary, entertained him at a social, and Messrs. Dett and Bailey, his late employers, accompanied their good wishes \Vith a tangible proof of their' sincerity. | . * * ; * * /One of the young lives claimed in the last big battle was "Scottie" Dunlop, for many years attached the Bank of Australasia here, and ' secretary of the Palmerston Club. A cheerful, popular was Scottie, and his death has .caused! keen regret. * * ■& ■& The Town and Country Patriotic Women Workers held a Flower Show during the week-, when a wealth of spring blossoms transformed Sis iVlajesty's Theatre. The undertaking was a great success. . : . . . Captain D. C. Munro, N.Z.M.C., a young Paimerston medico, who hasbeen serving; in France, has receivedorcLers togtpiroceed to India. The .Trail is wriggling its coppery towards the Main Trunk, but. the>;;raGe southward' is moving like a. Foch 'V attack. Palmerston is dressing the . soldier and organising many get-tile-cash schemes to' try and help our end along.' The side issue competition being held between Napier and Hastings is keenly contested, and last weekend they had pegged a level distance, 11 miles. *#. « © The week-end weather was ill-hum-oured, and even the sunshine was marred by the skirmishes of a dustladen, snappy wind. But the spring, hats and spring flowers defy even this- r Tour Imena, AW-iPTJHX.