MANAWATU

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6704, 30 December 1908, Page 3

MANAWATU

(From Our Own Correspondent.) PALMERSTON, December 29. , The Fire Brigade met last night, and accorded a welcome to Superintendent Warner, who takes up duties in tho combined position of superintendent of the brigade and secretary to tlie Fire Board on January Ist. Superintendent Tingey presided. Mr Warner said if the men stuck to him and did their 'duty as well as under their old chief lie would ho perfectly satisfied. A very hearty vote ,of thanks was passed to Superintendent Tingey* for his services during the twenty-five years he had held that position.

In the Police Court to-day a man named Charles Startup was charged with wife desertion. He was remand-, ed for eight days. Accused had to find hail—himself in £IOO and - two sureties of £SO each. Mr Andrew Jack, an old resident of this town, but who has been living in Wellington the last few months, has announced his intention of returning to Palmerston in time to contest the Mayoral election in April next, Mr Jack lias aire.i-ciy served a term as borough councillor. Just at the present time a Supreme Court action is pending between Mr Jaok / and the Palmerston Borough Council with reference to certain ventilators. An old man named Davis, who has been working for Mr Allan Sherman, of Fitzherbcrt West, lias been admitted to the Palmerston Hospital, suffering from injuries through a rail from his horse. Ho is doing all right. Two or three days since, ais Mr C. Cox was assisting to remove a piano from a brake into a shop in the Square, the instrument slipped and forced Mr Cox through a window, and lie received some nasty cuts, the worst of which was a wound on the forehead, which required medical attention and the insertion of a number of stitches. ' Local cricketers are very pleased with the success of the team which left here on Christmas Day to ’do hartle with, the Wairarapa knights of the willow. It was quite a pleasant surprise when the news cams 1 through that they had won their first game against Masterton, as it was considered here that Wairarapa lyas much stronger than Palmerston in this game. Mr J. A. Gilruth, late Government veterinarian, was in Palmerston yesterday, hidding.au revo-ir to Ins many friends here, as he leaves for Melbourne next week. Mr J.. 0. Eeakcs was also in Palmerston.