HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 422, 3 February 1909, Page 3

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

(FBOUODB SPECIAL HEPORTEB.) ;■'."; -..--;.. ".. y. r; .. -.'. ; TRAMWAY BOARD'.-"■".','"■ .'.: Very little interest was evinced in the election for members of the Hutt Valley Tramway Board.vwhioh was held yesterday. People say let the! board.be elected; that is all right; .but when they go to the" ratepayers for a loan, then the fun will begin. Up to the time that this takes place, the interest is only expected to be luke warm. The returning officer (Mr. P. B. Purser) declared the following -results promptly,:—

' , Lower. Pe-Welling- .- Candidate. ' Hutt. tone. ton. T'l. Allen T P. 120 ■ 96 .21 237 Austin ■-■ ... .» 43 • ; 547 20 410 Baldwin, H. ... ... 267 123 27 417 Clere F.'de J. ... - ... 141 ,89 15 245 Findlav: H. 34 '391 25 450 Hawthorn, J. T. ... 322 130 36 488 Lees A Y; ... ...-276, 82 29 387 M'Ewan/J. W: ...' .» 103 !'395 35'., 533 Nipholson, W.8.\... ~. ...,,38 329 ■ -17 -;381 South"gate. ! R. J. .....» ; 43. ; 368 ' 20-431 ,Stevens, R. , ... ... ,'?66 '157 .V 36 459 Informal ...'• .....»■ 7 ••5. — _ 32 - The following gentlemen are therefore-elected: —Messrs.'M'Ewan, Hawthorn, Stevens/ Findlay, Sbuthgate, Baldwin, ;and Austin. Petone thus gets four'representatives and Lower Hutt three. The total number of electors was 4157, made,upas follows:—Petone, 2399,.L0wer Hutt 1720, and Hutt County 98. .-.•' ! :PETONE TECHNICAL BOARD'. ; The fortnightly meeting of/the Board of Managers of the Petone Technical School-was held last evening; There were present:—The Rev. A.' Thomson.' (in-'-.the chair), and Messrs. -. M'Kehziej!. -Duncan, Coles,.. Lo'dder, ' Baldwin, Ca6tle. -''''■ ■'■ - . '■■',■■'.-' 'Apologies...for absence were :, received from Messrs. M'Donald and* Mothes;. ■'".■''£•'■'■. -Advice .was''received-, that Messrs. Baldwin (Hutt Borough-Council), Findlay (Petone .Working Men's Club), Castle and Coles (Petone Counoil), andM'Kenzie (Railway Workshops), had been, reappointed. -..- - . „.!-.:'. 'Mr. E. King,' Director of the Technical .School, reported that 1 the Department wanted the list-of requirements for :the classes divided into two sets, one, for the technical,class and one for the school class..■ The latter list,was very long, , and it ■' required '■-. amending before passing, and it' must be ascertained.' what teachers proposed to take the classes, get them to state • the subjects and ; requirements for a two-year's course. ..The Department was not willing to supply-apparatus for advanced work which might-not be used. ■< Mr. Loader, moved, that the director bo instructed with the other teachers.to make up the.amended-listVand send it.in, and that he be ; authorised' to secure the necessary articles.-

i'lt'.was'decided to start a chemistry class if sufficient-inducement .offered. '.■ The annual balance-sheet, showed that there: was' a credit balance of '.£27 17s. Bd..'- The receipts,, which- totalled .£3690 7s. 6d.,\consisted of Government, grants, withi the. exception'of J!9B 12s; :6d.;-in, fees, and,.£Bs is., 6d. m voluntary. contributions. 1 . ',' '.-. , •.'■■ •■■: . ■ •' '.It-'was decided to alter the. time, of future meetings from -seven to eight o'clock. '■'■ !' The resignation of Mr. Burn,' instructor- of mechanical drawing,' was> accepted -with' regret. '; The Eev. : '.'A.'- Thomson ;was re-elected chairman - for. the ensuing year..■ .■':.!',: 1 Mr. Duncan' was reappointed. treasurer, Mr. Castle; hpn.- -secretary.,- and Mr.-.Hason, assistant secretary. ' ' '■■>.'■*. ,-A.letter was- received from -.the Education Board .thanking the managers for the consideration given to the;, request- for'.-tie .use of; the Technical Schoolfor secondary purposes during the .day.' .At. last'meeting, ,MrJR.' Lee. chairman,'Mr.,J. G.' W. Aitken and Mr. W. Allan had, been- appointed/.to confer .with the managers, and .'.the committee. :on ; the matter.—Keoetved. ■;■■':::■:■'.■ .■'",' '■" ■■;!..->. ; j-' '.;' ':■'••■;'"■'"'•:.*■' -;4;;;:-):;.--- i - 'Jottings,.. "';•. ; ■'. •.'.■•; •The total subscriptions to date in connection with, the .movement ■ for ; relieving-the unem-:. ployed 'in Britain -has reached £9 9s. , ; -,•- At last night's-meeting of the Petbne Techni-. oal Board, .tne:chairman, the Bev. A.- Thomson, suggested.that the new Tebhnical Sohool should be' opened, publicly; and ;by. the Minister', for Education,, on a..date-to be/.fiked. ;■': A'meeting.-of the Lower Hutt; School Committee,'- presided over by.- Mr.: T., H. Wilson, was;,held.;last.'-evenine..,,' A ■ letter .from-' theEducation -Board 'notifying • the - committee. of the deputation", to wait:'■ on'' the Minister ■ for JSdijcation.:. in' Reference to' ! the; King's Bond .School 1 was;received/arid-it ; was; decided, that the. full committee a'ttend'the. deputation..'/No . date'was fixed for thi. school picnic, as/arrange"ments had not been completed;,-A further-nieet-',i.ns;will-be-(held-;next;Tv'ee.k.to' confer with:the teachers. -.-•.'• -~•• ■'~.-': .'..-;' '~'■'.■■■;'.,■■-■

.'The, question of swimming'baths came up at. last' night's' meeting of .the .Petone Technical School managers. A'letter 1 was'received from ilfr. P. E. Cairns,'secretary of'the "Seddon Memorial -Subscribers;'.' forwarding the following resolution: "It is the wish of this meeting that the section, of land (held intrust for the Boys' Brigade) in ; Beach Street, Petone, be made use of and utilised as;a swimming bath for the free use of the primary and: technical students'," '-The chairman,, the Rev. A.. Thomson,, moved that the letter be received,'and he brought up, for at a future' meeting. This was".seconded by :Mr. M'Kenzie:and carried. • ~•'• ' "'.'..".•'•■'"' ';•'. :■> ~•;;■'." '•;■

1 .The presentation of a handsome, silver cruet has been made-Jfr.-C. ,Printzen, of the Gear Company, by his fellow employees,'on the occasion of his leaving the company to start business, in the suburbs'. '

, A 'Eeutor's, telegram from Brantfor'd, Ontario,; says •that, the. Indians of, the Six Nations' have: elected the Prince of -Wales as Honorary War Chief. The election,,was a striking display of Indian ceremonial.. .Mr.' Smith, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, on, behalf of the Prince, accepted the insigna of Chicfship, and an address, which will be forwarded.to His Itoyal.Highness.; ■•. .The celebration by the Royal Geographical Society of the jubilee: of Speke's discovery of the Victoria Kyanaa was. the occasion'of a notable assembly at Burlington House, London. Speke's family was. represented 'by two of the famous.explorer's sisters, Lady' Dorington and Mrs. Murdoch; , The ; widow of Captain Grant, the Scottish.soldier who shared with Speke the honours of the second expedition to the .Equatorial lakes in 1860-3, was also: there, as ,• was Grant's son, while representatives of work at a later date- appeared in,the persons' of Sir Charles, Watson; /who served under Gordon in-'thd Soudan in the seventies, and.the Earl of Cromer. >■