HUTT AND PETONE NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 631, 7 October 1909, Page 3

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS

(From Oar Spcclal ltcporter-1 . .• —- ——•—.—'• HUTT VALLEY TRAMWAY BOARD. SOMETHING DEFINITE-. • monthly mooting of the .'Hutt Valley Tramway 'Board >as held last night at Lower Muu, when there , were present . Mr.. J.' IV. M'Kwan, ; Mayor ■.ofv.Petono (in the''chair)! Messrs. -R, !stc\cns, J. T. HawtlWn, J. Austin, 'and i H. .Findlny. _.Mr. J. Austin' reported that Wand Mr. FindJfiy-. had waited on.tho Petono Borough Council .as a, deputation from the. Tramway .Board, and .asked that-,the council's opposition to the Amending. Bill lie withdrawn. He thought that t ie council had boen favourably: imorcssed: and that there was prospect of tue object of the deputation being attained. • • : ; • th ®,Awonding. Bill was for.warded ,by aTessrs.:. Bunny,' Vethoricfc,. and . Ayson. • •; ; - y: . v; •

'.f orKculars\ of ;the ■" Trackldss Trolly" 'sysforwarded, by Messrs. and .. Co., ..New Zealand agents - for ••• W-, CM -AM letter - was received. • . ■/ilio chairman .thought that the Government asSstaiice aPl>rPa 16(1 a vie "' of obtaining . Sir. Hawthorn; thought ttiey should go'a little j o f* : the' Government be asked to contribute interest on ,£20,000 for five years .providing-the'board- lay tramways to tap lands held bytlio State; and that land;.o\\ners ,bo again approached and- asked .if they ' vi K^W U 'S°. in";certain sums." ;He said, that ne_himself was.prepared to guarantee .interest, on .oBdOOO per cent. ; 'Mr. M'Ewan-.considered that v they should not state a specific, route or any condition;'but should ask for aid, and bring tho matter before the r Government, with; a view to obtaining-'the* peneht of . the . proposed 34 per, cent, loans for local, bodies. . ,

nY 0] . 1 ' :na fe 'the Jmotiou .was 'carried in the •following;lorni: That a deputation 'from the board wait jthe'.Priino- Minister aud ask •mm-'if;the. Government is prepared to make a contnbution ; towards the construction of a tram ,nay. service in.;the Hutt Tramway 'District/' v.Mr. Hawthorn ithen mov<fd:;"That the consuiting, engineers: be. iiwtrccted" to plans, and specifications; and" that-the board then .call so th v dt' the Ratepayers will. what the trams .ivill cost;uand ; if the.loan is passed by the "ratepayers,'thcT.board then.-appoint an electrical <engineer-, to.be .its manager. . The motion lapsed for 'want of a .'seconder^'■ i" ••' . . ' ' i :

i.'Jlr; Sijvens then'moved: ''That as early as -possible;-the.'ratepayers'- be '-'asTicd 'to sanction a .loan-for\£S0;000 on 'the lines of -Mr. King's re and".that- the roiite -bet ween the. PMone and Hutt Stations.be added to the proposal of '.the 1 8 milevroute, : making 'in"all. 9J miles/' :.,Tuis: seconded-by. Mr. rindlar and carried. •/.' • v -.- r ••

'9 v • j 6 J on -chairinan,■ it'was then .resolved- that ( the chairman and deputy-chair-wan;,, together .with .the secretary, .constitute a; committer to draw up a report .of .the .proposed: scheme for submission-.to the ratepayers;; the.-committee-to report to the ••UOatdr-V/'IV:

THE .QUESTION Or \M\LG \MATICL\ j,;,Seypr,at>Mtni'sses.ai; .'the,-Gear Island- Commis'siqri,yesterday; touched, on tho question of amalgamation'.'between. tho Hutt, and. Petono - Borough; Councils. Each' one that gave an'opinion ■expressed himself''as in ' entire accord with amalgamation,- 'arid ; with, .snch ,a . degreo of iinaiiimity ; oii. tho ; point; ■ the only . matter'', for jrondernfent is: that rio step'is in contemplation •' towards the attainment of the' 1 'desired goal. I ' ' : V. ...

'Mr...Morton,-'-Wellington City.Engineer, and brio well qualified ,tb speak on such a 'sub--ije'ct, ..thought .that , amalgamation: would end the troub'le..in.regard to. Gear Island, -and was:jn ;otheri.ways desirable. .■ •: i ■ :. -Mr.'; Robert.: Stevens,:- chairman tot. the. Hutt | River l B6ard, - remarked,: '"The.true;,solution. 'of lithe difficulty, : ; .Mr.>. Buriny-.; There. is. no objection on. the part of;theßiver/Board to tho inland liccomlng'the jointtproiwrty of'tho'districts if thej aro amaiga'matedi',:.,..' .<• .None, at .all. '.The only . ;obstado, is,local jealousy, and I am sorry to say it: is niore .on thel Petohb side. , (Laughter.) ' ..Another 'witness, ; Hubert Sladden, civil. engineer,. said thatvtho general., opinion of people 'in, the district: was that .tKere. should be amalgamatioh between. the; three jbodies,-. Hutt Borough; CqunciU'iPot'onc.,Borough',..Council, '..and. •Hutt'i Riy^r,-Board ii.but. failing th(it;..th'b;R'ivei Board and, Hutt Borough Council.should atrial--gamati.:.,' ..J - \ ' ■ CONCERT. AT LOWER H.UTT. -.. A concert ..was ' given : in - the-.;. Town Hall,' Lower* Hutt, • last.iiiignt, m aw ,ot. tho ,lvnox Churcli>,Gymnasium', l'und.',' ,Tho first-part'of the programme took tho form of . al'.farce, entitled 'The; Burglar and the Judge," in.which the -part's were creditably filled. by .Messrs..' J. •Culford Bell, E.Chapman, and W. Maspn; :Next. followed a, number of; Vocal.'.and. instrumental -iteips, - the • following! persons contribut-,-ihg :r-Misses > Tingey, Pringle,.' Eumgay, . Mesdames .Bull,. and;R., Tait, H'obman,. E.-,, Archer,', -and. IV Masori." 'rTho. progfammb concluded' with a )sketch, "Collaborators," by •Miss V. Jenseii;; and Mv. J., Culford Bell.

I.mVER .HUTT, FIRE BRIGADE: ' j ■ The, annual .meeting." of- tiio.'iLow'er. Hutt Volunteer l Fire Brigade was -held/last night, Captain Sl.inn .'presiding.. .The r report. , and balarice-sheot, showing a generally . satisfactory -state ,'ot ..affairs;, .were adopted/ . The, balancesheet .'shoved that' the. .brigade, had-, carried through ..tho year.'it a .'co St. of about /10. The Sick-Fund showed a credit balance of .£37'Bs. lid. JOTTINGS : Speaking- at 'the- Gear Island - Commission' yesterday, Mr. W. n. Morton, City' Engineer,, said that: it -wis his opinion that Petono would ;becomp, largely, . self:c'outained. It. would not . bjj - a'; caseof : traffic passing .through Petono to 'Weljington, for,' he thought, Petone '.-was destined; to become the' manufacturing ccutre of ;tho city; . . .-.putting.too line., a point on it, this is the most impudent attempt fever made by a, .local'body. in. local politics; there is uo reason ;i'or it savo , covetousncss.", Mr. - p,. ■Stevens,; at'.tho Gear Island Commission,' sneak- • ing : with: regard. to tho (Petono. Borough's desiro. to absorb; Gear ...Island. v A social is. to b'6^'tendered to .Mr. J. Horrio retiring- headmaster of ithe ,Petono School, at tho l etono, Drill Hall on October 13, when a presentation will, be made.; . /■.'"l-think, you arei assuming, something that is -altogether' impossible," jsaid. Mr; W H Morton, City Engineer, at the Gear ; island Commission ■ yesterday, when: asked'for an' opinion as; to what would happen were Mr Lamg-Meason s canal scheme to be carried out. : He went' on_ to say-. that, with I all duel deference 'to Mr. .Lairig-ileasori,' lie - could not r? ?... sch ™e' was;, at all feasible ;or over; likely:,.to eventuate. .

Aquneillor .R. 'J. Southgate, ,of .the' .Petone Borough Council, is, so tar recovered from tho injury." sustained < m ...nnvaccident 'on .'rhufsdav ast as .to bo able to get about, but will not days 8 '■ r "". tne t ,s of^iriary'work for somo

hTfo-Ctaroh-iif;Christ Sunday'school anniversary. was/, held in tho,.Chapef;. Sydney " Strwt.^tOM,Jte^i..ni g liL, Tho superintendent! llr. ..Withington, presided, and "MK.' Soman fiattcifsbjY.sfccretvy,'■read-'the. report,' which showed thjtt. splendid" been - made il"" 1 !" 'h G .y ear --„'The number on, the': roll atthe- beginning .of . tho -yeer.\vas ,45, and'.'nbV reaches 100. ,A.;small. debit which parked 'the' of.thereat.has-been, convqrted into a.. Xo. credit.-During the evening, a-number of songs were,,given .by.the scholars, these'showing;,the iiarqful: traiilingfbj;'Mr.-iJJporc '-V verr long -. programme was ,alsp?'i;on<l'crod, inc'ludiiiK several action'songs bj'.yety, small, children, ono of...thejbcst.pf. theSo,bciiig:,a> song representing'