HUTT AND PETONE NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 634, 11 October 1909, Page 8

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS

(From Our. Special Reporter.) SOMETHING LIKE STONEHENGE. ' At present'thoHutt Pipe and Traffic Bridge wears little appearance ,of what its ultimate shape, will he.- .'Anyone viewing- the structure in its condition from a distance; might imagine that" he was looking at some Stonehengo of the: Antipodes.", A symmetrical and modern Stouchenge indeed, with -neatly constructed, monoliths arranged'in perfect line insteady of tho orthodox circle, but 6till resembling the giant i stones of v 'the [a'nqient Druids. " When -a. • Dominion representative visited the bridge that is v to be on Saturday however, he yfound lio whitc-clad Druid conducting mystic'rites within the -sacred but an. energetic contractor * superintending a work as wonderful'to tho-uninitiated as atiy performance of an old-time priest. The bridge is being built-of concrete and the work closely resembles that connected with tho construction of-a ferro-concrete "wharf, with one'important difference that in the case of the bridge the. ferro-concrete piles •• are driven to their full •length since they will' have to 1 stand against swift currents and' powerful floods; ; When fully driven the. piles are: bound together at the top with , .beams; (not the technical terni)" : of ferro-concrete, and the remainder of the' "pier" is built up. "These piers' give the "Stonehengo" appearance 'to ' the -structure, There are '22 - of. them on - the banks of the river—nine, on the Petono sides', and 13 across— and these are practically completed." Pile-driv-•ing > in:the-river has also been commenced and it is . hoped to start on : the 'overhead ' framework; in the course of a week' or . two. •

. PETONE BOWLING CLUB'S OPENING. '. A beautiful , -day and a large attendance' of members'and visitors were the features which, marked-the opening of the: Petpne Bowling Club's green on Saturday.. In 'his opening speech, Mr. A. Carter, president, remarked thnt that day was the club's 13th opening day. They had originally begun with a membership of about twenty, at : a time when their, green' was a portion of a tennis lawn. Sinco that time they had made remarkable progress and were now a well-established club. They had a full membership and a good-green, with the means to keep it good. All that they now.required was a better pavilion, and that would come in time; Mr. Carter concluded by welcoming the new members and visitors.'. Mrs. Carter then threw, the jack and the green was, declared open.- The whole of the nine rinks were occupied during the afternoon, and the results of the. games are given.in another, column..

■ ■ , •; .'COURT EETUENS.- 1 - '. The Pe'tone Court! returns for the quarter ended September 30, 1909, "show • that in civil •jurisdiction 94, summonses were issued-for debts aggregating 18s. 6d. Sums "totalling £128" 9s 4d;.were recovered,, and. civil fees totalling jBlO:5s. were collected. In criminal-jurisdiction 67 persons . were apprehended, : 63 being summarily convicted and : four .discharged. , Of tho 63, .30 wore fined, two imprisoned and 31 convicted and discharged. Eines and , costs: to. tailed X7ss. In .10 by-law cases, fines, amounting in all to i£3 os.,'"were collected.;- . ■ At. -Lower Hutt 67. civil. cases. were . heard, i 543. ss. 2d. being recovered out: of JE99I; 17s. sued for.' The :returns, for Lower Hutt. also show that 104 .plaints were entered, 14 dis-tress-warrants, issued, 133.summonses issued by bailiff, and 13 distress warrants executed.' Fees collected totalled X 39,125. . ■ ■ ■ PONEKE LODGE ANNIVERSARY. '-■; . A grand." eocial "in celebration of the anniversary of the Poneke Lodge, U.A.0.D., was held in the drill shed, Petono, on Friday evening., Visitors present included representatives of the Mungaroa, Star of New Zealand,' Pacific, Excelsior, and-Coronation Lodges of : the. Order, also representatives of. the, Court Epupi., and Loyal, Ketone, J.OIQ.IY. Music .-.was v. dispensed .by-a-string band under-Bro. Butterworth, and generally..an enjoyable .time -wasispent. ""■!'.'•'"■■ '■■y-^'7 : :':-'-- 'jottings:/. ■';';."'.'; " J, '" The Petone Navals held- a■; daylight parade at.'-Ngahauranga' on Saturday; 67 officers:and' men being present.' Captain, Ellis was in com.mand,' the other officers., being Lieutenants Price and Bobinson. The afternoon was devoted to fort-manning, gun-laying, signalling, etc.i ' ■ ...-• ; ' ~',■•■■'■ ■ .-■■■./■■• ' At .the. Petpner'Eecreation-Ground on Sat--urday the' crickot' season' -was 'opened with amatch ■•'Married, j; Single. -'The latter team won /by, a .'margin' of 45 . runs, f making 142 ■to their opponents' 97. '.' .:'';"-' .-'

: A Catholic" mission!' coniJuctcd , ' by' the Redcraptorist Fathers, was cominericed'at Low.ei Hutt yesterday. Services will be held through the ''week, the mission concluding' on Sunday. .;. . . . ■ " ■''■ ■'• .• .■.''■'

At the Petone Recreation Ground yesterday afternoon, the Citizens' .Band ,and the, Wellington Pipe.Band rendered a combined, programme A large, number ..of popple were present and the funds of the.two bands should be considerably augmented as" the result of the performance. ' ■■ '-.'. ... : .

' .Ex-members of. the Petone ' Navals' are .to hold their annual meeting on Wednesday evening. ■ ■ '-' ". '■ '■• .- ■ '/;'.' '■~,. ■~'■'

, On Tuesday, at the Oddfellows' Hall, Petono, Mr. J. E. Thomson, travelling organiser of the Now Zealand section "of 'the -Theosophical Society, will deliver a lecture on the subject: "How Man MouMs His' Destiny." '■■