HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 617, 21 September 1909, Page 3

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

(From Our Special IteDorter.l ; »-——— '■ . PETONE MAGISTRATE'S COURT, , In the absence of Dr. M'Arthur, S.H., Messrs.. W.luglis, U. W. Short, and K, Mothes, J.l'.'s, prosided over yesterday's sitting of the Magistrate's Court at Petone. Sergeant Forster, represented the'police. , Four;lacfs, one aged ten, two aged eleven, and the other thirteen,-were charged in the • u ™'»'Court with stealing n quantity of ' daffodils on .Soturday, the property of Dr. W. ; Perry. According to the chief • witness, Dr. i trP'i- 6 '""' a ery ' nr B e quantity of daffodils stolen, some of them being very valuJ able. The.boys were admonished by the Bench and convicted'and. discharged. ' Sidney, Butler, greengrocer, of Petone, proceeded against Andrew Alexander, hawker, of Alicetowii, to recover £3, being the balance of the unsubscribed"cost of a 'vehicle...-Mr. Pethe- '. rick appeared for plaintiff,' and Mr. Jackson • tor. defendant,. After hearing evidence at i length, judgment was. given for plaintiff, with • leave to appeal.' . ■'•. "... *-. 1 civil case, W. S. Cooper v. Stephen • Curtis, claim £1 15s. for commission, judg- ' ment was given for. defendant without' costs. ■ Leave to appeal was granted. ' I ' Judgment by default was granted in the 'civil case A. TV. Bodori and Co.-v. Harold j Lockwpod, for £3 55., with costs 10s." : . '•■' IMPENDING . COUNCIL BUSINESS. ; 'Notices of. motion for Monday night's meet ing. of the Petone Borough Council have been . given as 'follow:—'' ■ "That in future all recommendations of the borough engineer respecting work tobo done be , brought down in a separate report, and that each Horn- form .the subject of a vote of the council; • thus ensuring a record as to what works-were authorised or otherwise."—(Councillor. Piper.). . . , : the .resolution passed by the council regarding the' lighting of tho Korokoro-Mau-iigaruki Roads by electricity bo rescinded, and that a kerosene lamri be placed at tho post office,, Korokoro."—(Councillor Jones.). •"That the resolution fixing the height of the. fence" at the north .end of Buick Street, near 1 the/Technical School, at 9 feet be rescinded; and that the fence be completed at a .height of : s feet."—(Councillor Piper). ' .PETONE'S': "MUSEUM."." .'.'-■■ The gift of some curios to the Petone Bor-ough-Council by 'Master Pointon- towards/ the' . nucleus of a .museum led.a reporter (some 'time ago)- to inquire what-was tho extent of the nucleus, and investigation showed that the pro. sent collection, was. very limited. There is .-'a Mediterranean tunny, or rather the cast of one, which, no • doubt, '■ followed. out:. some steamer, and 'canio ashore on the Petone beach. This specimen, is in the Wellington Museum.' .The remainder ■of the nucleus cousists of exhibits from the.'Kotorua district,' presented bj Mr. R;.-H..-,Wilson and classified by the late. Sir James Hector." From'time to time other small additions,.have been mado by public-spirited, citizens, but nothing l has been .done in tho way. of .housing the collection or : taking serious steps' to jncrease.it." Jt.is; however,.of interest to ;hptc.that the matter, will..como before tho council, and will at'least bo 'discussed..- It "is - propdssd.to 'brine, the tunny to .Petone.,That,' of':c6urso, : is'-well;,-,but one, tunny does not make a-musoum. . ' ,-. .:.- .-'.:. ; -'':;"-OFRIENDLT;. SOCIETY SOCIAL. V ; A social was held at St., Augustine's v Hall, Petone,-last evening for the'purpose of-present-ing the shiold.won ,by the Poueko Lodge, U.A.0.D., during the year's card tournament.The Poneke Lodge has won it four years out' of five, the ionly other winner being tho Epuni Lodge, A.Oj;. In' view; of 'the fact that the finalcontest was'not fraught with much interest, twou special prizes were offered by. the three lodges (the other is the Loyal Petone Lodge", X0..0.F.;. M.U.), of 15s. each' for. euchre and cribbage, and these'.are being competed for. ■'■The' presentation , was , made,-. ' by'". Bro. Brpcklebank, P.P.G.M., Loyal Petone Lodge,' ' and. the acknowledgments were made, by Bro. Gray, •Vice-Arch, on behalf of tho recipients. Musical items' were ■■ given■'• bv'■' Messrs.■'.- W. M'Ewan, Gray, Ridge, England. Devirie.Richardson, Greening,: Miller, and Cunliffe. About sixty members were.present, and a most'enjoyable evening was.spent.;. The success of the •gathering'was largely due to tho energy of the committee; which, consisted of Messrs. P.. J. Mullins (chairman), 'W. 1 L.- Smith, W."' J. Brown, T...Chandler, T. J Instone,. and W. Biwrihill. : : , '<• (■■l--\;} .•/•;,;. .JOTTINGS. .'.'"'■'■'!/',,;; ; ',- "■ •'■: In-consequence; of the decision-of the,Petone' Borough Council, to lease the catchment area for grazing, Uenders,are'being invited for grazing rights over'an area of"about 1000"acres in tlio Normandalo district .for a term of six months. 1 ',.. • ''■;'. ..., : ' '-.'-.,'::■ The reading-ropm'which the.Petorio Borough Council decided, to set apart for tho.: use. of ladies.was declared open last eveiiing. A. number of-magazines havp already been, provided, arid more are to come.