HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 433, 16 February 1909, Page 9

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

■•V (IBOM OUH BPECIAIi' IIEronTEB.)

A HIGH SCHOOL PROPOSITION. REQUISITION BEING SIGNED. ; Acquisition,; which is boing largely- signed by paionts, mil bo presented at tho noxt : - meeting: of tho l'etono School Commute*), askings the Education Uoard toi take>.stops to ' ■ convert the secondary.'classes, m rctone into a high "school. This would place the institution Oil-an 'equality, with- tno high. schools of Wellington uity, , and .it -would be controlled by a Board of Governors ompowored to'deal directly with tho Education Jjepait- . mont. f: To : etlect the change, sixty, pupils are necessary; and the present number v on the roll is about seventy. 1 r Speaking to a Dominion reporter jesterday, the Kev. A. Thomson, chauinan of the Board of Managers ot the l'etono Technical ' School,- and a'member ot: the l etono bqhoo) " Committee,' reriiarked that the committee would forward tho requisition .to the Educa-tion-Board, which- would • recommend nhe • vl)epartinoiit td v irie6t . the .wishes- ofthe ' pcti'•tioners'y'.'.Tno" objects- to bo gained' are niamfold. i Tho Board of Governors would have ; absolute control of their teachers.- ,If they , ' gefc tlie high school, necessity - K7^.in»i^hfe.:Vey^tv^of;-;l?ri«»^B:>b^ding ; £ -li«inß i;:'" disposed Cof i&provision I ■•■inado^forv-thflV;;hiEh school and' for a building. That building, it was Hoped,,,; would;'bo either /rooms addcd{ to thoVTeeliiiical School or the beginning of a ■ ; i -building adjacerit' to schoolora' building au- ' . jacent 'to it .for high-school purposes, lhe h students' then' . classes; at.._xhe , , high , 'scho<)l w'ould be abiQ toj avail themselves ■ of;;the > Tcclniical ■ School yfor^-the-;teaching -.of technical-subjects; : it is a school .largely, conducted on the old school'lines. The. now high, school would be oonducte<i on technical lines, /W'th the excep,of;'thbso.students',whowero. for. tho t Civil; Serviceor'matriculationexamin- :'" L s. : atidiis, ; f:and!'would■i-Bo ; »^Hiro6gl?'j."','fc»i® • leading up to that.• .. On-the subject -of tho finances,- Mr. Thorn-son-said; th'athGhad'goneinfcotnat'question. • yvSViih thfe :present;number"ot:pupils;,they.could ■ - employ tho samo '■ number-.of: .teachers as they had now. One of ,the teachers had received i%\^-.noy^-'of'.no^l)Hn2V^^^'4iter Y .Apnl,\'Dut . alPof -.them -could'bp-kentvand yet higher Si^salarieivcpuldubespaid.-;;'Ey^i:<then^ /; they ; 'should'.havc enough to-carry on iJio working • 'expenses of !tho : «hool. ■ "In reply to a as to: whether be anticipated ,'anincreaso'. in.the.attendancf!, .'."'J&iiiTHomsbn'lexpresM^h' l^.s ®^-is.. Perfectly , Batiisflcd;on : ; tliis-i' point. Some of the Hutt ; ;c 'piipil^i.were.coming,;d6wriflHp.the .; present . secondary classes and-he.thought it. would . become'a high' school forthe vallcylln . r ;-> ; additio:nito.the subiects.vthero Would •i'f.bi Ashorthahdivtype^writing; l : bookkeeping, ,; and .' Boifae r mechanical- classes-tor.ithe boys mighi v :i i; also i be'rtaken: in itheiday time;, y such as : .car; = j.'.penbering,- :"buildihg'.;c6nstructiohj 'mechanical '-'il'jariWinfe',-". "©toiii-Tlie "thing -.thair .preventer] '.-v^ of .finances, but tho'capitation had'sinco been PETONE MAGISTRATE'S COURT. 3:ftlWi ? jiagi^rate'snCourt?at • held- yesterday ..morning,; before - Messrs.-.'W. Inglis and R. AV..Short; J.P.'s, Senior Sonstable C'ox represented the police. . -./-.Charges-: of. driving an express at more • that;ai ; wail>ing ( 'pace over' a- railway crossing • .and ,w.hero\a -train: was approaching: withm : half a.mile, were preferred against J. Paul :fl,:';wlib:^Was : ease, and ordered to pay .Court .costs,: lSs.v . .' -. ■:/. - >, A,) prohibition -order was issued ' against . o v.. Peion£' Upon-hisV wife's -application, y; y, In ; *.a defended':case,.: Jv ,W. M'Ewan pror)j st J;r;; Ciinim ins', f 135. : 3d; .1 judgment;'V.'wks-v-. giver ; • plaintiff ; with costsj ss. ; \ ... . . ;. , J.;ap,d Battorsby (Mr. Smith) stied. E. ' 'A. ; .Dillon (Alrl Atkinson)- fori-£8.;05.,8d. 101 labour .and: material supplied. Against' thif . there'was a'.counter-claim for £0 4s. lOd Bench gave fijudgment;-for plaintiffs, for. £5 12s. 6d.*\anS ;;A^c6stsi';'£l\l4s^On^.^he^couhtei^claiin^'judg- . t xnentj.wasv, given:rfor -defendant 'for--' £-1- -13s' 4d.,and costs, £1 7s. . JudgmW 'by.i'defaultVas "grant? . • the -.■ following civil vcases: —Wcbloy "an<: •v' Eva Doherty, £1 365. 3d., costs 6s mit v Cohen Bros ,£3 2s 6d , cos. Os \< "Chronicle'.'; Co., v.: Cohen Bros., £1 12s -6d. :1, Costs. ss. ''jV I -.SI? , ' , / JOTTINGS. . • Tho athletic, competitions of -.tho 'Petom . Junior. Club: wi11.... bo: ; continued : < to-morrou 'A': Evening jt ; -\vhen-*: th'©' ; 440; .'-yards'.'ihandicajf*-''and , >. the,: hop, stopj.'nand jump, will come. up foi ;<idecisiony :'''V piA'/j.i'ih A .meeting of the No-Lieonso League 'wil ../.bo .'held shortly to'v deal .with the question oi I'-f.niiuung: a,' ticket V-'liibensinij: |,v Cbinmittee -,'w'election, •; woniniations clok on Jlarch 1, and tho election will take .placO' On March 9.- ■' *'' ''' " ''