HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 418, 29 January 1909, Page 8

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Boardy A; ing-'m(OTe ,^'^4Vffiß-^roSi didates. are' "Tlia ;p6U\'-will , . take place-betweenta-a.m..and 7 p.m. 'at the Town Hall, : Lower,' Hutt;- Oddfellows' Hall, Eetone;' and.: the -office .of the . Hutt County ; Council, y-Xambton";- Quay,. :Wellington.• ' The . number-of electors'enrolled,is:4ls7. .':,•■- ;Mr..^; : H;;Eusseirhas withdrawn his.;nomina : . tioh;; .L'.'~ .';.-.;;-;. .^^p'-;; ; 'f''..•'.'-';:'■';.: ':?'■•■■, .;';./" •' ''•'■; ■ V:^?^STEBN. : : PBTONB: ■ SCHOOL. [' i ''';,'- ;. ; do'pd' progress made;.with'the .erec;/ tioir of; theWestem'iPetone' School on the main road.. •iThe/brickwork: is now -up..' to ~a; height ' of - sixteWfeet all/rpund,; and presents; the'ap-. pearahc'eiof ;wh'at'.it';is intended,to be! There :will' be .Bii; ; fine,'.lafge' classrooms, two.,'cloak- ' rooms; and.the walls'andrbof/will be plastered. i built\with\a cavity- wall for, purppses : of.-^mperature) : This is [,&&. Australian • ; ide'a, : and is' coming /in: vogue -in New': Zealand.. tTh'e;'brickwork- should -'be -finished; in about a. fortnight's; .timej r and; the' school-will be: ready ; vforr;ocoupationi;by; ; .about' the; end of'; March,'. .. The ,bontraotors;.for- the;. building -are Messrs.. , 'Croft and'S.on,:ahd'the brickwork.is:being done ' Sou'thgate';;and' Memuish. .' . ' ~ V ■ <; A'-much-needed improvement; is','being made i'ati the. Hutt/Borough Council'.Ghambers, which :have'..i'ee'n^TCryi.draughty,.oh;account'of- the numerous passages .ana;outlets'; /A .set of swing ; ydoorß,is'' l being::;ereftted to .reduce' the .incon^;, ■ "yehiehce.v'?;.v'v i ':..; i ,'•""'! : ''! "■ ;'.-; ;';•''•;; ;V ■.;'-.,'.". •; ;.-/'■ ; ..The, ;amateiiri',athletio :■ .competitions : of. ■ the Petohe'Juhioi";-Glub • will be Continued next weeki;.when the 75-yards'and'l2o.-yards:'will. be ; Becide^;"^;'^^^:^"*:-;:;:"■-;'"■-:•'.(-..-'•■:■■"''•.. --.'■'■' ■■ - : : -V; The.' Petone'; Commercial Club is .rapidly ■ ap-'-. ' '. -'■should,;bei : ,finished next week,-considerably ahead'of contract time, The''billi(ird-room,iwhich will'accommodate two - targe-tntaesj-and-the-card'- rooms' only require. papering;.or varnishing,;' etc.""'>.:; X* On account "of the. unavoidable absence of- the :Mayor .and: several- of-.the. councillors, the visit' . of lnspectioi" : to -.the'Petbne. catchment area by •;•!thejfto^n(!}l] : ;:ha^''i^>^opo9tponW;.; , ..■-:■ V : ', -win?-'* connection'i.'with { Hospital i Situraay'':aSd ;S^B,diyi , ;February,V6-'and'7, are < /well- secretary''(Mr.VD. Jones), re--j 'Army Band ; hsis'fafJfangEd'ia in Jaokson' !■ StreeE' ; .on»the,. , -Baturaasc afternoon between three j and:'fiye':d I 'c]^pk^^ii4S>tiX* !^0 t OI1 6i Brass : Band .', ;wiU"play;:ih';;tne'r«veßdng. ..vThe Italian Band; :• has "."notified':; its' 'willingness ;.to, ; join, in the de- 1 ; inonstration.'- : .', ''- -.■:*'■"■':' "■-', •'".- An'alarm of firrrang.out at Eetone'-yest'er- :. day : morning,,,the.'ibutttreak';..a .very minor one,, occurring :ut.'Messrs.- .Radford .'and •. Co.'s factory, '-Jackspn .'.'Street"'"': The'"brigade was ' in , ! .prompt •'attendance, and-quickly subdued; the -flames; the fire broke out'in ... Ih'fe' kapjik' depaptttCejit, \the ...damage; being -esti- :'•■: mated at - iE10; - covered'-' in-, the 'London ■ and office. ■■■'-;''".■''■■ ' ,At.the Petone,Railwaj : Workshops yesterday • -morning-a-fitter-named David Scott met with a ■ painful accident; \ He was engaged at a" brass-' I j -polishing had. his third finger ■'* brokeir.an'd tKp'.Ean'diinjured.' '.The.'sufferer re-, ceived 'medical attention, and : was; taken' to' his :ih"dmeiatii'Wellin'gtpny'j'r.,'.■:;.- ; '