Palmerston North

New Zealand Tablet, 8 May 1919, Page 35

Palmerston North

(From our own correspondent.) April 28. Further meetings have been held to arrange for the bazaar which it has been decided to hold in December in aid of the new church. Among the stallholders will be the St. Vincent de Paul Society, Chiltr n %%£s[' Mrs " IL N - Watson, Mrs. Sullivan, Mrs. Alt Mahon, Mr. and Mrs. P. Small, Mesdames Broad, Sim, and Trask. Other stalls are being arranged, and a complete list will be given later. ° _ The Children of Mary held a very successful euchre social m the Empire Hair on Wednesday evening with the object of augmenting the new church fund. This is the first of a series of entertainments they are arranging during the winter for that object. The euchre prizes, which were presented by Mr. M O'Connor and Mr. L. Wisclmewsky, were won by Miss Culli(Christchurch), Miss Harty, Mr. Venn, and Private Killop. Messrs. C. McGrath and T. McAvenue were Ms.C. and Smith's orchestra supplied the music, lhe door takings alone totalled £l6. Referring to the necessity of decentralising the control of State schools, and giving local committees greater powers, the local morning paper quoted as an example the Palmerston Convent School which it stated was far superior to any school in the town in regard to building, design, and equipment. . Father Power has returned from Taihape, where he has been relieving Father J. Minogue, who came to Palmerston on account of his father's death: w.t Th f e Were no local celebrations on Anzac Day, although it was observed as a close holiday by business people. The returned soldiers held their annual reunion m the evening. ' No great interest is being taken in-the municipal elections, although the mayoralty is being contested, and there are 19 candidates nominated for the council The personnel of. the council is likely to undergo a considerable change as the result of the election ~ A