HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 592, 21 August 1909, Page 13

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Ufrom Our Special Beportor.)

UPPER HUTT TOWN BOAHD. The fortnightjy meeting of the Upper Hutt Town Board was attended by all the cemmissjonors save Jlr, Williams, , foghorn leave 'of absence was, granted on acppunt of urgent pi-ivate business. , ..' ' ■' An application for permission to erect a small wbaro was approved ■ of, ppndjtipnal upon the apmipant undertaking to rempye the structure ■when called upon to'do so by the board. The board's Bolioitors (Messrs. Wilford and Levi) nptified that they; had been .'apprpaphed by the Upper Hutt Tpwiiphip Land Company (To Beinga Block), jrjth aviw tP acceptance of service of a summP>i|> relative t° «P aptipn against'the'Town Board, under the Declaratory Judgments Act, 1908.' It was resolved that Messrs. Wilford-end Levi be authorised tp,ficcept'v'service on the board's account, and tp defend the: action.. ..' " '•'■■■

•Tenders for the supply of road metal for the repair of the Main lload, westward pf Gib-' Road, were opened, and '. that of J. llabey, at 2s. BJd, per oubio yard was accepted. The ; T^orks , Committee reported upon the' matter of accumulation'of-gtprni-water in the vicinity of the Town Hall, and it was decided! to approach the secretary of the Town' Hall Company, with a view.to/obtaining permission fo sink .a pit, and arrange a diversion-to. carry off the water. Reporting upon the river , protection works, on behalf of. the Works'. Committee, Commissioner Craig stated that the groyne, was standing well, and had sustained no injury in spite of the unprecedented series pf floods which had taken.place since the work was put in hand. In its norm,al condition the river was now-entirely in its new channel, and (i considerable ■ amount of deposit had taken, place in the old one, which was gradually filling in. Not a foot of land had been lost since the works had been, completed. He considered, as a precautionary matter, that the board should pot in a low win? crate from the pnd of the existing: grbyne, extending downstream, so p 5 to preclude the possibility of the river working back towards the township side, ■ This worlj: be constructed of strong pheep-aetting, ; and ; would ;not 'cpst more thftn , j6sat the outside. It was not really •necesr sary to do :this wprkj but, , as a.measure, of safety, hte recommended that it be carried out. ■The chairman reported that,the landowners of the r town district, : whose properties had been threatened by the river encroachments outside the-Town Board boundaries, had -expressed ' themselves as entirely satisfied with the works and the protection afforded. 1 He added that their approval had been ' emphasised by- their contributing' substantially towards the cost of, tllß Wol*tS>''■■ -'■ ■' ' .•' ■' . "•.""■■' ■ ■'■■ ;-:-. - -It was decided ■to plant the land immediately IMind'the. main groyne' with willows, and'opnT tinue the as the old river-bed silted Up. "It Was resolved to prohibit "carting across the board's, sanitary-'.de'jot. In ;cases where' it was a piattej of necessity : t0.6.0 cross, special 'permission must be obtaiued frqm the. clerk to." tlje.bpart). : -Messrs. Lambert and..DaT!S waited-upon the, bqar4 as a deputatioii from fhe-Jpcal school -cgi)jmittee,. relative tp. .the

sanitary, service.' '-• : ■:, . ' ■■'■■'■■■■:: ■■■ . It-was decided ■ to. notify the Hutt County Council that,the bpard yfanld, apply fpr'the appointment' of: a commissioner:to adjust/accounts 'Ijetween the Town Board /and Couqty' Council, -unless an early settlement of patters in-dispute was..arrived at..; ■-■ -..V;- ■■; ', ~; ''J)ha ojerk reported verbally ..upon' : matters pprinected with the proposal. \o . harness one qr pther :pf the local..' streams- to s.qpply; : eleotric: lighting': for the {pwnship.i Hβi suggested that; i jnuch less; ambitious' scheme would serve the purposes 'of the distriot for some time/and {hat a more modest installation would be less likely to be rejected on_ a poll of ratepayers, cspepially' aa, tocq ; an installation wonld up .pra.otipa.lly' 'self-supporting.; The installation ep far-as,regarded, poles, lamps, and wiring for, puWio'lightjpg -bfi identical m. pasp 1 as regi)rded/tl(e tp.wn:district 'itself,- and, pould' with, but little alteration should it' bp , 'decided Jijtor to go to-the expense of a'generatirig plant outside the townbound* arles.- He/asked-thftt he be permitted tp.in-! plude. in'Vhjs : estimates ; an .al tern atiye. pro-j .ppsal fpr; a, p?trol-driven. {installation, iphich opuW by.a watenpow. gepera : .Hng,-Elant. wjieti tb.e r«ai»T?,n>« n « disv a piqre.a.inbitious-.a.ffair. In the .matter ,p£; harnessing, local .streams, ■ thoj'posts of danis," co'mpen'satlori.to owners of pror rtert'yi' and the interception ofi>drift timber tespeciallyintheoasß of the Alcatarawfi); apa distonoe hail tp: bp reokOßed with; '■ fn tye'pflsp of the AkatarswttiiwhWft cpnai<|pra|ile Hty-of playj'.wns-carried.dpwn in wsMnjjipn'-iP ; tha-frequent floo.dings. at ths;. Bt.re&m, .there, would: ba the biU deppsit in slorage.basine tq -.ooT)iM-.''ifftl>i Hβ Kadi approximate state-, mepts of .cost of'installation' ready, .as yot.. FurtKer r d«falls. had to' bo. gona into .befpra a repp'rt'cpuld be presented. /The board gave tW reiiuired- authprity:" fp .inWudfl ■ M' a ■ pptT'dLmqtivfl pi)Vffiu•:plfiiit■ in".the, tp Pβ supplied...- .\ ■ '■■■' ■■'■'■ ■,' : -\ ; ■■-■"'•■,• •• ■'■■■■-, ■■ :\rpha clerk reppfte.d'informally,nppn fte-mat-te.r.-pf.!oflice buildings.' pqintetlputfhat a builttiDg' : in reintproed cqneret^, , cqnsjstipg of ;wo shops on the main road, with" an entrance tq upstairs offices: and board'ground floor from would pcoupy forty*ig)lt. feet, stiubre, ; ,and 'mcl.u'de .not. pjft.ly. an bfh'ce' fpr th.fl'staff,-lJflf.R bqardrppm in pf. fho, SfiUM, and'' a sirpng-raoni .• «nder the. •■ con-skirfffiy.-.V 1 By ■ completing-tlie .npper portipij' sp.fQr'us related' to the, stair-. passage giving.-access, to Offices s in upper v 'story, t.hfe'work^waS'..estiniatieo: p ? ast X2OO balance; due. upon and," : and, .■'say.-.'ilM- for extras .an(l fnrnig]i-! . ngß, -nWd: trttal .filflDO. : T'Ue | ftnß"R!;9nß?S?f pro.ballly bfl »a,s 9 ga.insl fi#, which the. poard. was now naying in mUrest iippn Hie jßpo; alone. tenantsif Rγ the,- ivo shoos on the; mam .road friQhfc-.a mfttter 01, a f little .-.over 10s.;, per \yeckfqr each would provide for the .liabilities in oop'tiectipn witli the land an§ building, and render the project sDlf-supporting. ,Wift regard -to. tho six offices provided fqr, upstairs, Vh.ese could ■ W. cflp\pl«t«4. Ifttff flP ( ' wh , e n t«npnts .were.;fprth,comin[f, revenue W^ -dc ; Tiyftble from t.h,ot source tfl tliTfher, jpsnre .fhfi success of fhe scheme, i : W offipo,DUi]t'!?[g WHhdiit .proyisiori. for tenants would , merely pr'qve- an- nnimaj. Ijiirden uppn the" ratepayers, jin'd' , necessitate',strikine; aii- extra irate: on all property -wifliih the district, whereae a selfr .supporting'Wook would y 'prove a; squrpp pf. in= bortie: and- : add value: tp :t]ie . bqsrd'av assets. C'piisiileration of the BUgges.Upn \YM. deferred. tijl aest ineatjng.. ;;.,,::;:'■; .;,, ,v:i.:'.-

■■;.." PETQNB'SOHQQT, .gOMWTEE. v .. •Last night's meeting. r{ the Pfltpnft SchppV Commits-wa§,attended by Messrs., "• M T W,' (chairinfttt),. ?■ QwrnvJ. Ahrahall, J. W, List J. M 9 cDqugaU :Wi Burdj the feev, A. Thomson" and the Rev.:' f p.. Russell.. , • ; ■■■ ? f Mr; p. r ßedingfield,B.A., wliq has'TJeeri appointed' headm'astir 'of : the Petoneiwest: School, .and Mr. 'Hprne; who ib reYi'rin°V ; aV well -Vas" those of -Misses'- Cool?,. Carr ter 'and Myers were received. , The onairmnn moved that-a-letter of. appreciation-. W • f(jTt warded to Mr. Horne. Mr, Qpirns. ssoondeft. the mptifln, which' was car?led u n animoii6ly after. compliP«uH r y' SPW9.te "Sg 1 made_,by.: Messrs. MfKeiiJiie, Cwrns,; Thpmscn,/ and-. Rus: •fall". ■It-'was 'alsfl tender him;, aw ciaV. 'On.the niotjfip q{ Cairns; seconded by. Mr.'Russell, it w4s decided to thanb. the other'toachers'for their eervicee dunug their, respfctive- terms. .'V;-",;,i ;,,. .'j, ' ' ; A' letter was■ received from Major ; .T.; w. M'iJonald, the coramitt«'s late: representative on thaßducption Board, Bxpressiug. his to jhe cammitteo fRt thfijr, euppßrt.'p.d. •sidera.tjpn in the past.; . .;.. • . , . v.; ; In .the inspectqpe report, a tagh tribute.was .paid Mf. Hqrpe, the' retiring, headmaster, and tb'e : Eclioqr\fas Btated;tq't>ft m ft.state qf §?- celUut'oglcjency. ■- , ~,'';,,'.'. . '' The conditions to be complied with in connecticn with the miniature rifle range, whioh the committee desired established'at Petone, 'wore coptained in ft leHeri from-the Sficratary. qf the. Education Boaii The ,pf «tfl wasl leff i» the hflnds of ifesßre, Aprahall.i Ljnsljey, and'Bedjpgfield.^ ; ■ : '~ _:;.'.'. ' Tn ■'reference.' , to a sqggestion ipoking to the formation of ap ngrioultural plass. the- ohairman reinarked that Fotone was not an agrioulr turalcentre, but it was desirable to-get pepp'e on'the/litnd, and J'fl thought that tflP-SBWefl* "dquld-easily be worked in with the pregent.«, |-rangemenV. Mr, Thomson did nq); think iftat siioli a class would be a success. Already the syllabus'wag tardened. It was' deoirted to. olitain a report on the enbjeot from Ali'. Lyntkey, who Would be the instructiir if the , pljss we're,-formed. ..".;' v.: "':

I'ETONE WOREINC} MEN'S CLOB. ; ■ The annual social under the auspices of the I'etone Working Men's Club and Literary Inslitute wus hold in tne Brill Hall, ,'Nelson Strppt, thiswesk. It preyed 9. most Bncoqssful qvening,- n'qfc- a Jfttle qf the. being due to'ih'e e.{FoTts'p| H)? gepwtary.Mr, BapkWuse, AinqPßSt the gnestß werp the fixatives pf the W?Ui.Pgkn yßrkinr^Men'si,Club.. The. nlqW waq nil that coultf 'be desired, the flppr in ap'lendia order, and the musio qupphed by Hlr.'-'Wopds'e Hutt Orchestra excellent., Fully 206 couples: were present, • and. the''"' goddess Terpsichore held sway until the early mproing. Messrs. Npwlaiid and Simms. mjde iriergatio g,Q ! s. The ppntwrt part pf ' the prpgrarnme was sup'n]ied Ijy Mpsgrg, Rygfj, Ba.vip, Mh man, and . '. . . . ..,-.'■

A -preipUtieri. of a -mltm wfttch. . aijil oha.iß was. jpafo ,tq }\X-. B, Sjnjr]te fey his eiiiiilqypes m the Petpue Kaflway Wqfks.hops 'ypetsrawi )!te maim both w m ef v.«. ijeyaruue foi; Kajplw on .