ANOTHER "X" LOCOMOTIVE

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 487, 21 April 1909, Page 3

ANOTHER "X" LOCOMOTIVE

Yfhe third'compound • locomotive 'of; tbe" "X'V tjT>c,-for \is6 'oft the Mairi'Trunli' Railway, arrived ; at'-Intone; Workshops, on, "Monday from Addingtah'. I ,;;'•Yesterday morning the work of putting the parts .together was com-, mcjioed m the.erecting'shop.'...lifi' about throo weeks'.,,time the.locomotive.,'should be ready, for the metals:: :■ w•■■■

I, ••. -FLOWER SHOW; TROPHIES.? Valley Horticultural., Society >were: presented by Miv T-. A. Poterkin (Mayor)'at a gathering heM-on'.'Monday evening in the Lower' Hutt-Towa Hall. The dinners were:- 11 --'

. Rose,Show.—National,Rpso.Society's silver medal' and: two trophies .valued cach one guinea', 'BeHevuo'"GardensMr. "Cwper'g'si£ verigilt .medal, Mr. C. Trevet-hick; Mr. Anstis's ..trophy;,- Mr.' H. Poole; • one .guinea trophies; -Mrs;.' Jaques ivnd Miss Jcnress; National, Rose Society's silver- medal; Evans and Son; bronze meclalj Mr. F. Cooper-. . Summer 1 Show.—Mr.',. Chapmaji's gold medal, Mr r > Ij[arvey; Mr. police's tivo guihea trophy,;Mr! .foole-; two: guineif -and; Cone, i^uinca;,'trophies, : /:Bellevue %. Gardens. Mr. Peterkinf 3■; vg'old me<fel, ■, V Mr. ; -E.'i .'Vestjjury. ; various' tropliaes, Mr. N.8.-Smith Xtwo); Mr. J. H. Clark, Mr. Pointon, ;Mr. : A.-W. Williamson Vone''guinea' trophies; Mrs. Ays-on and'Mis3 -Williamson.'. .

' HOCKEY. . , • A- match-Arranged among, members; of-the' newly-formed .Petone' Hockey Glub will bo played'on the Recreation;Ground-this;after-noon.';'' The 'teamsareA:, Goal, Mhhoney'; full-backs, Webley,, Hartley; halves, Travsrs, Dowell,:-Waters;: forwards, - Smith,; Henshaw, Donovan, (Packard, and: M'Ewant B: Goal, Dolling; fullrbacks, Patton, Hollard ;• halvesjBallard, Nicholas, M'Cluro; forwards,' Howe, Duff, M'Ewan, Parrant;. and Henderson.; ' ST. JAMES'S CHURCH. ' , , Tho annual meeting of t-ho.'parishidiicrs >f St. James's (Anglicaji) Church,-Lower-Hutt, i wjw. held last evening,- arid was presided over • by tho Rev. Joshua Jones. ; - .The, report of- ,tho -churchwardens • and vestry stated that 1 much discussion had taken place, oh ; the ■ proposal,,,to , turn . to" ■ account, portion ' of.J the., parsonage;, land, - but; as yet' no suggestion had-been carried .to a practical result. .-The income wii3 somewhat, less than; that -of. last- year, . and' the , nominal , assets bad -been further reduced by tho writing-off of some seat rent arrears, but. the expenditure 'had;,not been.'large; 'arid the net,result had;been:;*;small .'r^dnotipiL'in the balance ofliabilities. . ..The. Rev. A.. H. Heron; .having received an advantageous offer of a,' position elsewhere, left -the parish at', the end of' July, and Mrl H. S. Innes : Jones' had. been, accepted as lay assistant. A regular evening service had,been held at Christ'' /Church, Taita ' during, tho year. Until ' the end of March,' services had becn.held twice 'a-' month at Epuni Schoolroom", but the attendanceiiad beeii 'so dis'couragihg 'that tlie ' curato had decided- to discontinue them. , At Eastbourne, with .. the , assistance of Messrs. . . aua Dutton as lay readers, regular Sunday services .were now; being' maintained. • ,Circumstanccs - had. not yet justified - the commencement bf church buildings there, but an excellent Had been' secured, and progress was ; being made-with .'the, building fund The, guild had, continue*} its useful work in assisting the parish',finance, "and, though, the contribution from that source was' sightly smaller than. ;last year, there;- were ; signs-1 of improvement.' The. labours of' tho secretary (Mrs. Purdy) and the collectors had-been greatly appreciatcd by tho vestry. • .Tho balance-sheet -showed -an'-, overdraft of £29 17s. 8d.,-.and a balance of liabilities of £1070 2s Id Office-bearers for ■ tho year wero elcctcd' Churchwarden, Mr. F. do J. .Clere ;-parishioners' cliurchivarden, Mr. D-- M Yeats' auditors, Messrs., H. B. Gordon and S ; c'Barraud; vestrvmon, Messrs. J. D Avorv H; B.lGordon,.J. Anson, W. C. Cuff, T If' ' Wilson, C. W. Adams, F. do J. Clere, and Alexander.-. . . . ' It was resolved to hold a bazaar for tho , purpose "of wiping off the. parish' debt. PETONE WESLEYAN ORCHESTRA Tho .-second annual concert of Petono.- Wcalcyan 'OrcliestTal .Society-, lield lastvoveii- , ing in St. Auijustino's Hall, Victoria Streot.' The hall was crowded, and every member of tho. audience fully appreciated tho efforts of - the orchestra. ; Mr. Watnpy. Silnin (conduc- : tor) has coached' tho players : with considerable s'uecess, . The- high standard of 'last evening's music j could , have; boon attained only by consistent practice under a capablc instructor. The orchestral items were: '.'The ,Mikado" (Arthur Sullivan); gavotte;'-','Sem--,'plico" (Lee); valse, '"Osterroichsi- Klarge"' (Wurm); march, "With Sword and Lance" , (Starke). Tho; soloisU wore Alinq Ldosox, JIIm N. OkwglvMr. l'YMa&on, and Mr, F.

,J. Carr; Mr. Johnston played a 'cello solo, Miss Montague accompanying; and a .piccolo solo by Mr. Minifie was another acceptable item.

■' . JOTTINGS. ?: Only Messrs. M. Hodgins and H. Baldwin .made tho visit of inspection' of tho Hutt jPark, ; "arranged at the last meeting of the .committee. These two members report that the caretaker is; busily engaged in laying out. the golf links, and all other improvements ion the park aro . being carried out in a thorough manner. Mr. W. H. Russell announces another address to tho electors in Mr. J. T. Hawthorn's Hall, Lower Hutt, to-night. -A special, meeting of' the Hutt County Council was held to hear objections that, might bo made to.-tho: taking, of land required for-tho deviation of portion of the Plimmei ton-Porirua Road. One . objection 1 I was lodged, and the council arranged a date for a- conferanco with the objcctor at Piini•mcrton. ' ' >. 1

r The Hutt- Valley Social and Athletic Club has opened another -season this week. Mr. ,I'regear, tho instructor in physical exercises, has-some good material to work; upon, : ;and prospects for the coming winter are good in all departments of the club's activity.

r. At a recent meeting of the Lower Hutt branch of the Single',Tax League, the following Resolution. was .passed'"That we' are strongly of . opinion that-the whole cost' of' national defence should be defrayed out of a tax on land values."