HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 567, 23 July 1909, Page 8

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

(From"Our Spccial Kcportcr.) ' : . '•' +-——■——" ' HUTT COUNTY RATES AND ESTIMATES

:'.;3.t' 4 a -special^meeting: of" tlio Hutt County Council held 'yesterday/-' Councillor , At.. W., : Welch- presiding/- 1 a rate/of one penny over the whole'county-was struck.'-' ',■' /' The:-principal items of- the estimated expenditure : for : the year ending ■ March 31, 1910,were given as follows:— ""■ - ' ' -.Receipts.—Outstanding:rates:and 10 per cent., ' "ii9B2"ls. '83.';. rents £300, subsidy .£515, ;6815; licenses and fees, etc;, £150 16s: Id.; charitable : aid, -,£170; 'Government grants, £1000; special irates;'.£l4l; total capital rateable-value of the 'County.->x>f "-Hutt-. ; at April I,' 1909, .£1,588.388, which at'a penny in the, £ will- produce JE6618; ■ deficiency/ifl; total,' .£14,283, /•.-.; Expenditure.—Overdraft - /at -Bank of New' Zealand, at.-Mar,ch,3l, 1909; £782 7s. lid.; outstanding accounts and liabilities at March 81,. M<),£Ul9lss. 9d.;'. adjustment of accounts.-local 'bodies';' say,'".£6oo;"Hospital.and..Charitable Aid Boards,:'iSßßo:,'ls.;'ohaifman's and councillors' expenses,'' 2145" -17s. ;'• salaries; :.£G9B 10s.; rent and office expenses, .£258 195.:'5d.-; advertising, 'an(l ; prih'ting;''£l3B-ls. 7d.; 'legal, £100; Valua-: tioh.-Department,.;'.-£100; -bank .charges, £131 -15s. : '9t£;' : Charitable Aid disbursements; £170; -'grants,:: £1000;-interest,, on "loans, £141; roads' imaintena'ncey etc.,- Epuni £815, Horokiwi £818, Mungaroa £1250, Wainui-o-mata :JC6OO, ■ Whare-' ; rba'JEßPo;Xtbtal,-£14,283..; ':-;f,-■";■'.■." '■"■'•: ' "• The'-capital rateable :value, of the .County of vHutt'bn.April 1;-1909, : was reported' to.be as follows:— .-.>:-.' :'.,'.':^:,,,-.,-'';.' . : : -:- ■'■; -•: '-' : -.-',-\ ■".-:-.--■':.' ■!'■ •■' ■ ,'-. :■:■''■■';:■'■■■ £ .:-■:■': : >» , ..i '416,981 ;>./-. ; :,;.'.';/Horokiwi; Riding . -•... ... '254,956 .'..;-' '■'• ii/i,Mungaroa':Riding..•■'• .... ■■ .-;.. .450,011,- . Riding. . ~.. • 2dd,58<l -.•,- :>;/./ -:Whareroa: : ,Riding.; ; -.;/". .: .../ 221,853,; :}; Total;." t:;'»' v" '••• % /;»'1,588,388/::' 'v-^/:: ; ypPER:/HDTT ';!/The^brlmgh : the Upper Hntt Tpwn'Board; was: held-this\week.; Mr; G. Benge :presided.^:'-K>'\:,,V: ; :; :; :' ,| \;:'' :/ :. ''-::""''/://^'/":'■'-'.' : Jroin; .residents of Queeii' -Street /against "drovers -travelling': with mdfe"J6fc'cattle:,-iri,i-thai;-.flo'cality.i'anring; : proy .hiiited,;hours.i, It.,was.'iresolvedv'to, prosecute, to' : notify.'the'proprietors-of ' accomm^odationTpaddocks::-', at - Mungafoa .and Pakurata'hv'/of?" the;.decision- .in'.;:. order/that, droversi-should-..b0-cognisanti.of : the/.board's intentions.::-: >:; -'.''/-''.V.'•..'.''■ "■ ■'• V. ,' -. '■:■;■':.■■;.'. .'-Ai'Martin Street property-owner .wrote complaining of 'accumulation ■ of storm,- water - near his' property.;, .The/'clerk- was' directed to-in; form ■ him 1 that, the accumulation .was the." .re-; snlt'of /his'/stopping' up. the .natural, storm: water/channel/ .-",','•':■■ -~.,:":':.'. ::,'::.--.''■'.,' .'•'■."' ■'-The Railway Department wrote.consentirig to the from 'its' pit.';fo't,the :■;purpose": of. metalli.hg,,.the..-ap-: iproaches.vto 'thevgoods' yard; y ;;,; , : ,',.:,' ...;-: ; : '.;:;'':v '.j-i.TheboardT'decided to' employ .local - residents, : ,who" wero,:out -of ein'plp'yinent; and willing to; .'work 'at-, stone-breaking!' at ,25.: 9d. ;per.-/cubic; yard';'workers, to. find their ,own'tools. ,'.•::,. ..It. was .'decided to forward an .application to the ..Mi nister . for" Railways' asking'; that .access ; be'- iop'ened'v'to''the : passenger 1 station ' from /Prince's;Street^,', : :: ; ,\;::V' ; ::'' : ?''':; ; ;'^;. : / : :/: Iti'.was that,.-.from..the end ; - ,of'-,the 'current-month,'all casual hands.be paid Bs., ; peri;'diem;iand.'J;hei working 'nbti'tb- exceed weight per .day. '■■ ~,::. ■_.' j '■■. .>...- '■,-.- -Jit''was decided,'-to 'post warnings ! .thrbughont: tho : -townshipi'th'at persons', riding bicycles or, -the; footpaths would be ;pro-. seciited'without;noticed t : .> '':,':::' ; i:':'&:':vi.: : :V'TJie:iWork"3 i :.Committee,-re fulfilling-all.requiryriientsv'.iv ''ON y ; "weather was not. favourable: to a large:attehdancb/at the; Hutt 'Park of.those, 'desirons..o;f;celebrating'Arbor'.Dayyiaiid .part of, the-preliminary' .'ceremony 'took;.. place" in '■ a: steady': drizzle., : Between; 250.' and: 300, children from'the-Hutt and- Petone,; schools assembled under-'their-rcspective-'teachers,;: and;-carried out; the'. planting.v,: A'mong.,"those.' who - braved ■':the;- ; 'oUfficulttes;.:bf:.!-the^''rqa^ess.;i-andv'muddy i -'couple; of'-/miles'- to.;the park . were 'Messrs., H.' ; Bald-wini'(chairmah of 'the -Hutt' Park '.'Commit. tee),--E;'ik:/ißunny: (Mayor ; of ;Lower .Hiitt)," Major'rand Mrs.' T. W, M'Donald, T. H. Wil-. sbn:(ohalrman of .'the Hutt School Committee), R. Lee, (chairman, of the Education 'Board);' T. Waugh'ahd-W.JoUiffe; (members ,of'-'the. Hutt Valley-Horticultural'Society), and the .Rev. H. Inniss-Jonesi'.'Of;LowervHutt./..Before,i the ,free ;-tsa:'^was;,^ive^'- / to-''i-the'.\ohildreh, , Vltfr.>.liee: ad'dre'ssecl/them briefly.. ';'','-:..,,;', : ;V;-::: ['■'■■'r -:■■:; ■•■-.".This- icerempny : of: planting-'the - first- trees was: thei';'proceeded with.. Mr! Baldwin:made referenceito'ltKe.-'fmancial'ppsitioh: of the committee"; and'' the difficulties., of ..the past.': /He then planted the first tree on Arbor Day, 1909,. 'amid '-/.the .-.applause:, of - ;those,;.p'resent. :i;'Other ,trees;^ere';'pla ; nted 'by prominent residents."/., r The 'varieties-'are".chiefly-tnatiye l-:-trees;-:;■•'A--number" of "larches,- were:.received, .from':'the, Agricultural"•Bepartment. The;, total -.number •planted,waß«lip.ut-.7^

':■ : JOTTINGS/, >•..;. }./;• 'i -'Mrl? : Peto£e's.; new, postmaster,' .'tpbk'cHrge'on Wednesdayfrom'- Mr, G. Hi/Cates,' who has.ib;eenTscting in'.charge-si'nce : Mr/:G.reatJjatch'flV'retiremeht.;; •' '-•;■ '.. ■' ;'.■■ •- :,:';. -v : :' /. : *: Anettef'/frbm."the : Waiwetu' Crickot .Club wasircceivedat-'Wedriesday nighf s meeting of the Hxltt''Boroilgh''Council asking that the ..wicket ion.,the,Recreation'Gfbuhd'. be' top-dressed during' the;, : first'week ; of-August.''lt-",was.':deoided to., reply-sfafJitg' that the ..council; had' no/ ob-ijeetieh;v-':ahd'"i-thati the :iletter would,,'be\for-. 'ivardeditbJtheißugby- Unibh.-' ■ .'• • £ ■■■'■ /:/': ;■;: ;■■-. I irtA/grajidl concert ,in aid • of:tho : . Petone. Metho-. Vdjst : ;ybiing.'Men's'Bible-Class- furnishing 'fund was giveii ifi:'the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday 'etepingr>' The sprogranime consisted.' of ■ items 'rendered* by' Mr/'G.'.D. ;M'lntosh; 'of,: Wblling'te'ri',,;Mr; Devine; of aiid Mr.'':Watson-(corn('t-;soloist),-.'of-Petone,., andf.others.': i':':. : / A'conference/will be' held':at'Xower Hutt in a^'few': r 'days'-between:.the Bpuhi -and Kia Ora PootMl'Clubs iwith a; view, to amalgamation.; .■'"''•A'''sitting.'rof":the. Petone Police .Court >'was' held yesterday, Messrs. ,G; London: and A; ■'Bolesf'sJ/PJ'S'presidingi -, ■ Pines' for;' allowing cattle- imposed' as ; follow: :-r' ►jGeprgbiLucas,! 10s.; costs 75.; 'Charles' Nelson-,, ■ss/,'costs ;7s/;'^E.' : S/ ordered to.jpay /costs"and"expenses, 'totalling- 12s.;T. Coffey, ,55./.coSmi2s..s M'Ewen.'and-Carter,-;10s., ; /costs •7s;-; ''Nicholas': Tredehhick,, ss/,' 'costs' 75.; John ''Nankiv.eil,"'-10s.i' costs 9s;-'; For''riding a bicycle oii the.fo'otpath W. Burn" was .finels. with ■ costs 7s. 'Upon/'-a,' charge of drunkenness,. George 'D'onbh"M! y>bs.i fine'. 10s;,/in 'default.;dß;•.hours'', gmprispnnient;,..;:.'•/;." ,' :: '.'// ','.'.Z'; : :]'\\'j t - •