HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 532, 12 June 1909, Page 13

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

. (FROUODH SPECIAL BErOnTEK.)/i ,; - 4*~ — ' 'Mr. C E.Aldnge, Inspector of Awards, paid a visit to'Petone yesterday in connection with the requisitions in favour ;of closing certain shops at 6 p.m. on ordinary days and 9 p.m. on Saturdays. .',':. Councillor Piper will move at Monday's meeting of the Petone Borough Council:—That this council reaffirms the resolution, agreed to: by the past council, at a meeting'held on March 24, that the.- council' objects to, and protests against, the proposed amendment to tne Hutt Valley Tramway Bill, dissolving the sub-dis-tricts and thereby defeating the intentions to take a separate poll in each borough for the raising-of traraway : loans, and that;a copy of this be forwarded -to. the' member, for Hutt. ; ' ; . • ;... .Councillor' Harding will move at the 6arae .meeting:'--That,..in future,, this, council will recognise no holidays, granted' to employees unless taken during the year, for which they are granted.;- ,;..■. :.. ' ' ; Mr. J.' Lumsden, late of the Gear Company's employ, has been. appointed foreman of the Sockburn Abattoirs, 1 ' Christohurch, He leaves for his new. sphere to-night. The annual smoke concert of the Wellington Branch of the 'Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants was held, at the' Oddfellows' Hall, Petone, last night, Mr. H. R. Johnson'presiding over ;an. attendance of about fifty- gentlemen. Among. those present were Mr. M. 3. -Maok;; general secretary, .aud Mr. K.'Moore, executive councillor,. and - members of the Thorhdoh Branch,' Among'the toasts honoured, were: -'TKe ,?^h&n'dori, '',BrancK; , 'i'!prbpose'd i .by. Mr.-. J. M'Dohald, and replied to by Mr. J: Canty,'"The A.5.E.5.," proposed by Mr. F. Clark/replied to by the secretary,-Mr. M.' J.' Mack,-.; and ""The... Wellington 'Branch,'-.. proposed „by Mr.'-. Moore.-. The chairman's badge for,past services ; was presented to .Mr. A. Bailey.. -During the evening, songs, etc., were .contributed;, by "Messrs.' P. Mason, V.. Burridge,., J.-Canty, Hutchison, Evans,- and Brpoker. Responding -to .the -toast of"' the "A.5.R.5.," Mr.-; Mark/referred to the stable position.of the society, and also showed that many new branches were springing up. He' traversed- prieflv tne history -of the society, indicating its,ditncultiesin the way of securing recognition < by the .Department; but. ho ■ was pleased; to state" that these, had been overcome, and; now the, Department -'recognisedthat all grievances should bo dealt with through the society;' :.

The West Petone 'School.sis practically finished, and already wolittl-be committoeraen are ■ arranffine: "tickets." It 'fs" expected'-'that the householders will be called together shortly to elect.a'.committee to manage tho school, :■: ;

•qPPEB HUTT TOWN BOARD. The fortnightly meeting of the Upper Hutt Town Board was.attended by.all the commissioners, the chairman.(Mr. George Benge) proaiding;.. ~'.; .-,■■. :■■- • . • '-.(Jmte a, formidable array of accounts were laid upon the-table, totalling .£lO6 175.,. of which £83 was for load works. • .' _A communication from' the Petono Town Clerk showed that, the recent Hutt. Licensing Committee ;election expenses amounted to: £105. Other expenses of the Licensing Committee itself brought.the;total ..up to more than' £U0 to Wbute^zs?^™^ , ™ 8^^0011 - -The Hutt County Councilfonvarded a cheque to complete its half-share of the cost of the new combined,town board , and county pound • - ■ Ihe clerk,, was directed .to take proceedings' for all second instalments of. last year's rates BfciU.-unpaidy atfS': to-'.issue;-'ennimonses" for infractions of the:by-law in the matter of: unlicensed: vehicles; also in cases where building operations were in progress of completed without permits ■ . ■-.. , .-■■.■" ..In.the matter of Mr. C. H. Izard's application, to bring his property under the Land •Xransfer Act,-the clerk was directed to ascortam if the board's road lines were duly conserved ..and;, on /satisfying himself- that'such was the case, to inform Mr. Izard's attornev that the board wouid not proceed further in regard to the caveat lodged by the board's solicitors. ■.■■; '■ . .. : ' . ■-...; ; The circular from the Makara County Council, relative to motor speeds on roads was heartily endorsed, and the board decided to coojMnite, as requested, in urging an amendment ot the Motor .Registration Act, 1008' . Some, difficulty -..haying -been experienced within the past few weeks in removing engine ashes , from the; railway lines, owing to the access from the slip-panels being forbidden, it was decided to ask the Department to grant the board access, as -originally arranged, to expedite the removal of the ashes.,.'■..-. , 'Tvfi? river P'roteotion works were reported as fulfilling their object satisfactorily.- Instead of losing ground, as.ah anonymous writer hadrecently stated in the press,, here had a , considerable accretion to the boards property ,on the. township sido of the . river, wbilo its "island" gravel property had suffered 'no diminution. The acquisition of the property-some nine acres in ail-had provided a pound site, a valuable gravel deposit, and a sanitary depot approachable by a.installed road, for .Cl5O. ii. as decided to proceed at onco to spread the 300.cubic .yards of reserve metal on the Main Road. . . .In consequence of the lowest tenderer for .the. Pine-Avenue, and' Alexandra Street metal contract not having signed the contract boud within threo.days after the stipulated time the contraot was given to tho next lowest tenderers, Messrs. Mabey and Robinson,.at Is. sid per yard.. ' , Considerable damage to the recently formed footpath in M'Lean Street was reported ami it was decided to call upon the offender to ,uiakO'good tho footpath within seven days. . It was -reported that the expenditure in form-ing-and--metalling'William' Street and Richmoml Street absorbed tho whole rnte-incomo of the-.Bentinck Block for several years. Tne commissioners'observed-that the laxity of county councils, in-permitting the cutting upof land by. syndicates in. the vicinity of. centres of population .without.insisting upon properly constructed roads being made, resulted, in placing unnecessary nnd heavy burdens upon ratepayers. ,: '. ..-■'" A communication was taken in committee, re-lativettv-roadso v -roads on tho Te Reingn Block, and it wns reported, on resuming, that a course of notion hnd been adopted which wns likely to result in nn amicable arrangement being arrived at nt an early (lute. ■ Tho Telegraph Department having consented to permit, the board (o place oil lamps upotithe telegraph ! pole9, the inatter of ■ the lighting of the towu district hat beau put in hnnd, . J