HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 544, 26 June 1909, Page 10

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

';: (inou ocn special nwoKsa.l ';,"..■ ■:;''■■';-. ;';.t;';" '■■■:."■■;■ v \ ; '. ;v LOWER HUTT'RATES. . ■~'■: ; . Tho total amount of Hutt Borough rates outstanding at March 31 -was £554 10a. Cd. For the past 6ix ; months, proceedings have •been taken for the recovery of overdue rates. There ..are still a. few 'absentee ratepayers, who .have not been sued! but proceedings are being taken against 'their properties, and sbveral cases are also in, the bands of the Registrar of tho 'Supremo Court to enforce payment "against the properties affected. In such cases, the'plaintiff has to wait. [Six months before.the Supremo Court can-be approached, and then wait.a like period beforea sale can be made. Of the total amount outstanding, £200 175.1 d. represents Native ra'tesj..which; oannbt' be collected, leaving a balance of'£3s3 13s. sd. Since March 31, £161 19s. has boon collected, leaving £191 14s. sd. ontstanding. Against this, it must be stateil.that over £40 is owing on the Hutt Park, so that; about £150 is overdue on an amount collectable of nearly £12,000. At the same, date, the amount owing tho Wellington City-Council .was just, a trifle under £10,000, while the amount overdue at Auckland was £210 only. Last.year £170 was outstanding in .the Hutt Borough at the end of .March, all Native rates. .For that year, and for previous years, all the rates: owing by Europeans have been opllectcd. • ■[. -;'.' ;;;■":;'*/ ':,';;;■■ jottings:; •:■}'■ '"\'..' } The total number of men employed by the Hutt.Borough,Council at present, ia-abouf sixty-five/.Most of themare engaged on the drainage works.; At this time'. last year, [ about eight.or nine fewer were, givei employ-■;.-;/V'.''i;V ■:;", •', ■'■ ..,:' ,'V'.'.".' ,;' .A sittirig of the Lower Hutt PoUco Court j. was-: held.'yesterday morning .before. Messrs.; [J.Cndby. and J. 'Wilkinson, J.P.'s. '■■'■ Aprohibitiqn' order .was granted against a focal resident:, -.'.; ..'..■.■..--.■■.' ;'., •■ : ; '< v v ■.'_' : The trustees the.Lower Hnti Wesley Church are considering a proposal :.to, put a gallery in .the church to jirovide accommodation ,f6r ; 'aboTit'seventy-nve .people. ' This would allow the. services to bo conducted In the church, instead of the;;Town.Hallas 'at present.'.The.minister, tho l^v. : B. F.'Rothwellj reports .that: good. services;. have' been held ; oach" Sunday, at the hall. ,; :: . .' ;■'■' V,.:'. ■ '- :The,':..'next-:,sittbss. : . f of •-. the, Magistrate's Court at Lower Hutt will be held on Monday week. A fair; number of..ciyil oases' are Bet downfor ;\ . ■•, '. ; ; . ■