HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 420, 1 February 1909, Page 10

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

(FBOM OTO BPECUIi BEPORTES.) ■ : U-:. "■■:.■'■'■ THE KINC'S ROAD SCHOOL. ] A further step has been taken regarding : the : deadlock concerningl.the erection of a school at King's Road, Lower Hutt. It will • • be remembered that the claim of the Educa-'' : : , tion Board and ".School: Committee was -thai r ;j the school should be erected ..as .being. th«.-'.'• i only solution of the overcrowding difficult; '• .' "■. at- the present school. The .view of. th't '■ ! Education Department, is that the difiScultj ~ can be overcome by making addijjiohs.to fie ; '.- present school.. On Saturday, the chairman ': of the School.Committee, Mr. T. H. Wilson, received,a letter,from the : boara; advising" ; ■ him ■ that a deputation was being arranged, and that he would be notified: of Ffie date' - . used. ■■' ..■"•■■.".'.■:.■■.■.'■'■•, '~..'■■ ':".•.•■'.'■•■:!! "'■■"..■';■ ■ The number of members who have already - announced their intention of joining the Pet-: ■' .-'.. one- Commercial Club is .nearly sixty'. - ".'■■ .. '.'.•.' : ■.-'•■■ The Hutt and Petbne schools reopen this- ■•■'■■ morning.;" .'■•■■,'.-.. ......-, . ""..■,'.,■' ■"•■.' ;••.'.■/■'■''...'. ■■:■•■'■■ It is expected .that the Mellihg Suspension '■■'' iJndge wilbe opened on Saturday week by.:'; ' the Hon.. A.. W.Hogg.v;,::..:■; : :■ :■;.,■',:'::. .'", .bchool: Committee, the date- of the: school;'. ' picmc: will be decided, and arrangements will ';. be made for a subsequent' meeting to makft-, ■ t all preparations fot the exeursipo. ■ '. "'■'.'. . ':..\.- ■'-"Mγ. H. Robinson, of the Lower Hutt Bor- J ■'■■■. ough Council staff, has accepted an appoini-v ment as clerk: of the Akitio County' His new duties will.commence on March' 4. '';. ' : An meeting 6fthe:Hutt Park' ; > Committee will ..be held on Thursday.. Thert' is a.fairly.lengthy order paper..: '■■■ > ':'•■■■ ■'•' _ The voting ior the : Workshop's lepreseotftrv . .-'■ tive of the ", Seddoh Memprial.Pund " "at the , f etone . Technical • School ■'■ was: Mr D. : ":■ ■ i Mr.;E.- Greatbatch,- postmaster of returned from the, Cambridge Sanatorium on""; He is much-'improved, and' wiD ' resume duty-.next Saturday ... ~. . .'■■ v