The Palmerston North Rifle Corps —formed and accepted in January, 1877, under Captain Snelson—volunteered for service at the time of the Parihaka disturbance, and were led to the scene by Sergeant J. Carroll, who became captain of the troop in 1884. Captain J. E. Hall, the present commander, who succeeded to the position in 1891, joined the Wanganui Cadets under Major Neill in 1876. He was transferred to the Wanganui Naval Brigade in 1882, and six years later became sub-lieutenant in the Palmerston North Rifles. The badge of the company is Lord Palmerston's—a rampant hound, with the motto Frangi Non Flecti.

Club Hotel (Percy A. Herman, proprietor), The Square, Palmerston North. This hotel—a wooden building containing forty rooms—is one of the best hostelries in the North Island. Since it was taken over by the present proprietor many improvements have been made, and it is now replete with almost every modern convenience—electric bells, the most approved fire-escapes, hot, cold, shower, and plunge baths, with well-fitted lavatories. The various drawing, reading, sitting, and commercial-rooms are nicely furnished, and the walls hung with valuable oil-paintings and otherwise appropriately adorned, suitable apartments being provided for bridal parties and ladies. The house is the appointed headquarters in Palmerston for the New Zealand Cyclists' Touring Club, and various cricket, polo, and football clubs. The meetings of the Trotting Association are also held at the hotel. Tourists and commercial travellers find there the mostsuperior accommodation and the best attention. The cuisine is in charge of a first-class French cook, there is a very efficient staff of waiters, porters, and house-attendants, and all the comforts page 1524 of a good home are found in this establishment. For cyclists, a ommodious room is set apart for the storage of cycles. A good billiard room is well patronised; and card-rooms, sample-rooms equal to any on the coast, and well-appointed stables with landau, buggies, and horses for hire, are also available. A porter meets every train. Mr. Herman, who is a brother-in-law of Mr. Frank Moeller, of the Masonic Hotel, Napier, is a most popular landlord, and being a first-class musician he furnishes pleasant entertainment for his guests. He is a steward of the Palmerston Trotting Club, and a member of various athletic organisations.