HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 432, 15 February 1909, Page 10

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

(FltOM OCR- SPECIAL REPORTER.) -;: ;' ■-'. ———*■; — '——,■ '■■ ■~•'-,■■ HUTT PIPE BRIDGE. '■ ;..; Sir;,;.!);.' Bourkej.-thbrcoritractor, for. the Hutt'pipe , ' aiid : traffic ;bridgoi' : is ; -in Petone making arrangements for the', cbmmencemont of-' the .'..work; .";He will suporihtend: its: co'n•structiort.uhtil finished: ..rSheds,; offices, etc., will.'be erccted.fsobn, "and,preparations.for the making .of -the ; ferro-cone'rete;piles will be inaugurated. , iii, abojit Va i; fortnight. It will, however, be : a 'couple'' of months before any of the piles are laid. The reinforcements for tho columns arid; piers have to be obtained from Great Britain,, and .they will not arrive for another three.months. ■;• : .•:■■■:•'. : ,, : .:..:;;:'"•. ■:.:- - JOTTINGS.,:; :'..-: ■ V .. ' : i.The recent.rains;.haye swelled.and'coloured, the Hutt Eiver: considerably. -Yesterday it was several feet.abovo normal.. .'■.■- v_A smoke, concert was. held at the Masonic Hall, Petone, . on" Saturday,' night, to bid : farewell to Brb. Stephens, W.M.,. who .has been-for-so long associated with the Manawatu Railway Companyj and/has. now been transferred to Auckland as one of tho traffic inspectors.. . :P.M. .Bro. Schwartz presided over a , largo ! attend.inco of brethren. . Mr. T.M. .Wi1f0rd,..M.P,.,. was also, present. On behalf yof the • assemblage,'P.M. Bro.r R. Mothes , handed the departing brother a;case of pipes, , - and,expressed thp good wishes of the , gathering for'-his-future success. : The recipient suitably responded. , A, musical' programme was gone through, and tho "evening was spent v'ery pleasantly. . -;: Tho first 'meetilig of the.newly-elected Hutt Valley-. Tramway .'Board will ho held at .'Petone to-morrow night,' when a chairman will bo elected, and important business ,will'i /be transacted. ■ It. is. expected .that the meeting will'.not bbdeyoid of interest.:. ; . i T^β-Petone, .'Railway Workshop's: annual picnic will: bo.held at Trcntham next Saturday. .Vj* , .. : -r;V .. ■ ■",'• . ■ . ■ ■-. -:.-■ V '.[' The'.following officers have been elected to Wellington, branch of tho Amalgamated Society of. Railway: Servants :' v ;Chairman, : Mr. H. ■. J, . .Johnston;, vice-chairman,! Mr. P Cairns; ■?treasurer, Mr. I :' J.' • J.,,,Levey;"-secre-tary, Mr. W. i'J. Taylor; -committeo, Messrs ■R.;:Barnett, J; ■CumimngsV'M'Carthyj-'and.F.'iiClark. '•!-.. On accounVof the rough weather on' Saturday, the St. .Augustine (Potorie) Sunday School,picnic could he: held at Belmont as originally. arranged, and those who ■' attended repaired to the schoolroom for cames 'etc;' ■;<•■ "; ■.•-■■.■•,';■•';-.■ ' '.- ,■- ■ ;.- .v, ,'

, The, Petone Brass Band was to have playecl a.programme, at the recreation grounds,yestercUy. afternoon, but. it had to bo: postponed until more favourable'weather.: ' . TheiPetoiio Technical School will bo :formally opened, by th'o Minister for Education on Inday, February 26. ■■■, : - ~ ■ ■--. A.:deputation Amalgamated SV SV. ?'"? f ' allwa y. Servants will wait upon the Minister for Railways omWediiesday next in' .reforencpto certain grievances, one of which is concerning. the classification of ex-Manai , watu employees. "■ ~ ■ ; At. the annual social of the Hutt No-Li-cense Leaguo to-night, an illuminated address and purso of sovereigns will bo-presented to thb late secretary, Mr. T., Townsend...' |lor some time, negotiations.havebeen: pro-' ceedmgm connection wiili tho acquisition^of half an acre of land adjoining the Potorio' School .for tho erection , of a high: school. Tho.Board of Technical School Man-* agers wrote to tho Borough-Council, on the matter, and .the' latter body/communicated with the Public Trustee, who advised that the cost of the land would be ■ £600. The price is , considered unreasonably highland possibly the council will dedicate a portion of the recreation ground for tho purpose.