HUTT NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 21, 4 June 1908, Page 2

HUTT NEWS.

The holiday liero was a quiet one,'; tho oMy function being • the combined parado-Jbf tha Hutt Rifles and tha Johusonvillo Rifles ported elsewhere. ' A meeting of .the Hutt ,and Petone; Tram-' ways Committee was held on Tuesday S !jvoiiiiw at the Town Hall, Lower Hutt, to oojftidcr tho proposed Bill to authoriso the fixing\of-fto.. boundaries for a tramway distriot the power to rate over ,tho sariife. V An incident, which caused some to several of thoso who .took • part, ;Occwftjjß'« ' about 9 o'clock last night. A resident, in a certain building in the centre of tho busing"! portion of tho town, heard- 6trango noises?! within, and, after, listening;ourefully, deciaeq'.'il that things vrre not R3 they Should be. immediately notified two or three of tlio busies ness people in tho vicinity, and tho. poluj#\_ woro sont for, and on arrival a careful reooi>- ;'i naisanco of tho promises was made. Thoioisoß -Jj still continued, and efforts were' made' to'mak<L an entry. After some attempts had been made, it was "resolved to forco tho front door, which however, was unlocked Qnictly, and by light of a match,, the force entered",and'then found that the caretaker was inside, in a bsis ■ rooin, arranging tho furniture ■ for a meeting!!}. Ho had a candlo burning, and was considerebfir.".' ly'surprised at tho attack ill force. ' : v ; !i4'.\ An old man, who had boon hanging about tho Whitoman's Valley district for somotinio past, was brought before the Justices' Court,, yesterday, and' sohtenced to a month's, im- . prisonmeiit.' ' ■ ■ 1