HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 437, 20 February 1909, Page 13

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

(FROM ODD BPECIAII EferohTEß.) PETONE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. ' L'ast night's metetifi'g of the Petone School Committee wak attended by Messrs. D. M'Kenzio (in the cll&ir), Cairiis, Brocklebank, Hill) M'Dougall, and this .R-ov. A. Thomson. . The requisition. signed fiy-.the_ parents of tliO'sd attten'dilig the District' Hign School, .asking that the institution be converted into a. hign sohool proper was discussed. _ There were iifty-five signatures to the petition; On the motion of the.chairman it was resolved that the. requisition be id'rwardecl . iff tne Education Board, with th<S request that theapplicatioh be granted. It wai alsd decided to ask Mr. T. W. M'Donald to present it to ■the board.

A letter was received from .the Education Board, asking the committee to sst up a subcommittee in conjunction, with those of the Education and Technical Boardsj to deal with the proposed afccomhibdatioh tif high sclidol pupifs in the Technical School.. Mr. Thomson said that. th'b blatter had;: B&in . befofre the Teclihicil Board, and he objected tb it as it had beeii dealt with by the School Committee, which was the body controlling the secondary classes.; To .open the matter, a J)Wvi6ys resolution would nave to be rescinded.' Xh'j chairman dissented. .-' Mr.: Hill- We, had a big fight to get the Techiii6al'-. School, and. tie. fehduld; retain it 'at- .S.U: cost's: . V : ~ The chairman considered it a in the right "directiohito have.the,committal set ,iis. •He wtould nbt sacrifice .apytjiihg they had, but he would certainly bo courteous to 'fcb'O Edb'oltioti Bokrd. " -

. ■ It tfas'considered that it was not necessary to give 5 'direction to th'e. committee, as the hibmbers weM opposed td the proposal. . Mr. 'Cairns'. m'oved that ,'tfio cOfaifiittee be set upi aAd to .'consist of. the chairman and Messrs. Hill and List. Tliis was carried. Vi/Atfe'rtW&ftftS. A visit to the Petone waterworks waS paid yestprd'ay Sftetndott - byv-tlffi. -MSfit. (Mr. J.. W,. M'Etvah) ahi Councillor's H&Vdihg, Southgate; a&d'Short, anil.,the bbrough engineer, Mr. \V. H. CoOk. : Ths dbj'ebt' of the- visit was to inspect , the waterworks, domahl, and settliii'g-tank. ; Theparty left. at 1.30 :p.m., aiid.,walked liji th'fe.hills. They had & look at tho domain, and considered .suggested improvements, such- as widening, the track, 'etc." On the trip, they encountored the Korokoro school children, to the number of forty or fiftyj irjth their; miit'ress, making a nature study, in the domain. . .Wperi .the main reser T ' Voir was, reached, 'the party bbsßrVed,tbat a 'c'bhfiid'erablS body of ra't&i-'ftas. flowing over, tne iby-fralhj ihdiSatih^. tbtit. thwo wis no possibility ,'of, any falhng-off- in the. Supply duting.-. the present. sum,taer. : at -all - events. Everything appeared to be in good working order in connection-with the reservoir., _ The valves were tested/ , and proved reliable. Altogether,'' it was a, very, enjoyable outing for the'councillors, who felt . thit .the Watersupply of the toivn was such .that there ought M. no reason for, regretting . the bdrough. hdving adopted thfe, Ko'rotoi'o strfeam: is its source of supply-i, Aftfe'r, pArtalring of ,'afte'rnooh tea, the- party returned -to Petonfe;

x jottings. ; The projSos'&d absorption df' G'eaf Island by the through of ketone is now. ift . the hands, of thd Cabineij/which hi!}''to decide whether it: will, acc'ede' to the' proposal Or set up a comiAission to report. The council hopes to receive a'reply very sopn.'' The Mayor, of Petono (Mr 'J. W. M'Ewan), who presided at a meeting for. raising in aid of the unemployed in Britain, reports that: lie. has,received,a- lettfer from a.Gnristchurch residoni : forwarding .-a - donation' of £3 36, towards the fund; It will be, acknowledged and forwarded Homo in due course. : The funeral, of the late Mr. James Sullivari:will take: place, this, afternoon. .'. ..; . .The.'wfedther .pi'iimiSeSCfe)', be. fipe. for the official^opening/,;of j the .Melling: Suspension rßridge, and it : is'expected that there will be 'a large attendance of the'public to witness, the ceremony. > •. . Th 6 Petond Schdol bell is ii historical curiosity. At last night's .meeting ;,of the School' Committee, the chairman, ' Mr. D. M'KBhzie; temarked that it was/Originally a ship's boll in the early . days. . It wais on the snip that was.toconvej; the settlers of the Valley to Sydney during the' heavy 'earthqtiiko of 1855. At Pencarrow the ! vessel iwas .wrecked,; and the voyagers- had to Vetuftr. Tho bell then found its way to a church at Lower Hutt, and thence to' the Pdfcono School. ft should bo preserved, "as it was l a curiosity and .sound 'He moved that the. Board, be JecMifrdtid'ed ;-;to hand ■it to the. local museum. ' This . wpsseconded By Mh Thomson and carried. To encourage the. writing of essays .By the -PetAttS ..'Scholars',' Mr. P. Cairns' moved -at last night's' meeting of. the..committee:that the secretary .be instructed to :write to various.business firms asking them if they wero willing "to aoi'a'te i prize fori this purpose/ 'dfid.i'f Sto specify the fhe m'otM was 'c irtl'&d. :" : : , ~ • -..The Petone Citizens' . Bandj .■ ' the 'c'bnductorship_df Lieut-.; Ti. leaves ■ this morning for Hastings .to, participate.in' the contfcst. ; '. The members are in high spirits- and ai<9. confident of , spine success at least.They: hope to ,«»i» well in the shield Contest fflusical, joints. , '

'. A meeting of the Hutt No-License League Yvfts to MV6 ra'si; .eVehlhg to ,&al with, the, forthcoming iSoinmittee elefition, BuVft lapsed for want of a quorum. In all probability tho clectioiV will not be contested by ' the No-License pirty-.. x : Tho : subject 0f... JVimming - bWhs was brought,U^.at thß School Committed meeting last night by Mr;: J. W. List, who "moved that the ctfrnoiitteS ask the Te'chnical School Board to erect bath's, on a section hande'd'to the matiigef'siby. the' Trustees of : the Boys' Brigade. Ho referred to the; wreck ofVtlie Penguffi ift vrith thd mAtter. . Mr. Cairns arid the chairman spokft in-favour, of the motion. Mr. Brocklebaiik 'desiretl to know/whore the money was 'corfting fi-om. Mr.; Thomson considered 'that •it-./was.-tiie business of the municipality to' deAl witn'the matter. He would not oppose i the ,'obtAining of but-tllfero wefe ..difficillties alidad. ,Th& amotion .tf'as carried. -