HUTT AND PETONE NOTES

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 649, 28 October 1909, Page 4

HUTT AND PETONE NOTES

(From' Our'BDeclal'ncporler.l ' • v -.— ——r*- — .'. ■;'■■ ANOTHER HUTT LOAN TO BE SOUGHT. .: : Reporting tin the expenditure of the-^£52,000 . loan at last night's meeting of the'Hutt Borough Council, the town'clerk stated that after allowing for the pipes, .etc., on order on that date, the wages' scheduled for paymonh the estimated wages for tho current period, and the engineer's salary until December 31, there will only bo a suni of JSII7. lis. left to meet liabilities for materials, etc. The balanco shown on the" previous report was .£987 lis. 7d,. Tho amount estimated for pipes, etc.,. on order'on that date was .6250; wages paid since last meeting were £9 4s. 6d.; wages for payment onOctober 26, 6s. Id.; estimated ' wages for current period,. X 300; and three months' salary of engineer, X 37105.; a total of .£B7O os. 7d.,' leaving a balanco of .£ll7 lis. When the report was to; be presented, the Mayor stated that ho had a motion which he' would ask leave of tho council to bring forward at this meeting, instead of giving notice, as■ was, usuol. : The motion was, as follows:—'. ' ' "Tho Lower ' Hutt Borough ; Council. hereby resolves ; to.-take the ..necessary . '. : steps to-raise a loan of .810,000 from the ' Minister for Finance under Part 2 of the : Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908, for a period, of 41 years at the rate.of 3J por. cent, per annum for'the construction 1 of sewage drainage works within the borough of Lower Hutt, upon the security of a special rate of one-tenths of a penny in thejxmnd, ■'. to be made and levied on all' rateable, /values appearing in the valuation roll of ;■ , the said borough; it is not proposed to pay out of, the loan the coat of raising tho loan , or the interest for the first year. ■ ' ' "The.council further resolves to author■ise the Mayor and officers of the council to.take the 'necessary steps.under, the Act to■ immediately obtain the consent of rate-, •" payers to the raising of the loan." ,-.:•• 'The Mayor stated that he had put in an application for the loan already, and the Minister for finance had provisionally approved of ii'lf it should be discovered that they did. not require tho whole sum, they noed not take'all the money up. Ho had thought it advisable to put the application in at once because when certain proposed amendments had been made'to the Local Bodies Loans Act:they would.not be able to make such favourable terms. The loan would bo,raised at 3} per" cent, which would, include a sinking fund so that the whole loan'would bp wiped out in 41 years.: :: ' '-~." "■' On the motion of' Councillor Baldwinj seconded by Councillor Anson,- permission was given, the Mayor to' bring forward the mo- ; Councillor Baldwin said that he did not think that they.; should allooate the whole sum; for sowage drainage'He suggested .that the. motionj be'amended by the insertion of a provision that .£9OOO be spent on sewago, and ifilOOO on surface drainage. The motion as amended was.carried. ; ';' ":-'/, : The question then arose as to how the work should be carried oh till a poll of the, rate-; payers had been taken for the authorities of the ■ loan'.' .The ; town clerk's report; showed that there was only a sum of ,£ll7 remaining in addition to the .£3OOO set apart for'Everesfs creek drainage. .'.. ;•■ ■ ] ' ■■ '■■'■ Councillor Anson stated that ho thought that it.was not fair that the Everest's oreek'people should ihavo tho whole" of the; money whilo the people : .;bn; the : other side of the river /got none: '." • '. ,: '■■':'. ;'''■■'/.': -' ■ ■'■'• Councillor' Macaskill thought.that about half of that money .should be ,usetf for sewage.'; -.-■•'. •': Councillor Baldwin moved ;-"That w£looo be diverted from the sum. set aside for-Everest Creek, and be used to carry,on the/ drainage." After sbmo discission this motion was added to, to read:—"That'tho council use the monoy contributed by ,the Fitzherbcrt Syndicate, for : the drainage of, the Fitzherbert.Block, and they also' ..use' a further, suni of ..£IOOO 'bf.';the, un-. expended portion of. tho loan for the continuation;. of.;the.;,works'until a. poll can, bo' put before,the' ratepayers; also,; that, the Te ■ Momi Syndicate./bo applied to .for payment of their ; bond of. .£800.".. .' .;;,-■;:.'„,,,' : :;..;,; '■',■■]:■:.■. •';';; \ •;'.'•''.;; : ■,. HUTT, .DRAINAGE. ; ) ' ' -. ; **■■ ■■• At. the, Hutt Borough Council meeting last ■night itwo^,letters; wero:.Received r from . Mr,. Laing-:Meas6h, consulting, engineer, one in ro-ferencp-to information asked'for, and, the other stating,that: owing to illness he had"not been able ,'io: preparo plans .for. the -completion of, the drainage, scheme; in;seotions by contract; '■■■ : Councillor iClfro'asked how that'work of preparing specifications was to be ipaid for.: The;\£s2,ooo: loan finished,; and: tbcfeKsnecificAtlbns. were for new';work. ■!' '" '' ;Tho: Mayor, said; that he thought that this workyhad been^provided;for-in the original estimates. The engineers had been paid:for providing plans, etc...for the whole work.-;:;,- ':■ ' Councillor Clere: BH -they .'get : a percentage on the ftotal cost' of the work estimated for. .Will not that .include the. fresh.loan?/.:

: :The : Mayor,-promised : to, havo the matter looked, -into.:,.-..:.:'-;. -.:'■■;". >-v ; ;•■'..,;

V :/PETONE; MAGISTRATE'S COURT.;:: ■ ii A sitting of the Magistrate's-Conrt;was hold yesterday, Dr., M'Arthur, S.M.. presiding, and having beside him on the benoh Messrs.• W. Inglis and R. J. Southgate, J.P.'s.. _'■'■'■.." ;. - ; A first offending inebriate was convicted and discharged.. .The,' same first offender,' on -a; oharge of. procuring'liquor during the .currency of a .prohibition 'order, was convicted,- and. ordered to; up .• for sentence ..when called upon,:Y''.' :\ ~';v:--: ;: .'.'■ ''■'"''• '.v'',U ,- v- .':.■ ;?:/ ;•'; Edward; Hoare was oharged with driving-over, i level railway crossing when an. engine: was approaching. He" 1 was. fined: 55., and. costs . 7s. On another charge of endangering the lives of persons travelling on,the railway train between' Wellineton end Petone, the samo defendant was fined 205..-nnd costs 7s.' • : ■:..'■ ■..,-■; - ■■\-. : : : For lighting, a fire in the open .and; in proximity to buildings, without having obtained the permission of the borough council, Geo. Francis. Gaynor was fined 405., ;and costs 7s. : Walter Alfred Bowater (Mr, Cracroft Wilson) prosecuted 'Alfred .Millword (Mr. P., W. Jackson) on two .charges of assault ■ and of using obscene language. Their Worships dismissed, the-informations without costs.. ;. •A young man named Frank Lowry proceeded; against A. E. M'Kenn on' an information alleging assault. ■*': M'KbPn also charged Lowry with'a similar offence. Both peases were dismissed,- Mr. Cracroft Wilson appeared; for Lowry and Mr. P. W. Jackson for M'Keon:

; ;, PRIMITIVEI METHODIST BAZAAR. V ; : A bazaar in aid of the Petone. Primitive Methodist Church funds was '■ opened at the Oddfellows'. Hall yesterday v afternoon. :-.• The r opening ceremony wosjperformed by ; tho Mayor of Petone (Mr.- J.. W. M'Ewan). The', Rev. C. E. Ward also spoke on the objects for.which •the bazaar was. boing held. .Following are the various stalls and stall-holders:—Produce: Mesdames Hcssey and Woarno; useful articles: Mesdames Hancocks : and King; fancy. goods: Missej Daniel, Hanford, and Silverwood; men's stall: > Rev.- H. Sharp; bran tub: Misses M'Donald and Procbstol; ice-cream: Mr.'Kerslako; shooting gallery: Mr.. M'Donald; competitions: Messrs. Bird.and Wearrie; tea-room: Mrs. Truemani lollie stall: Mrs. Smith' and Miss Payne.' ; In tho afternoon a concert : was given; one of tho special features of the entertainment being . a number of , tableaux arranged by Mr. A. A. Morris.

-'.'. -UNIVERSAL MILITARY -...TRAINING., ' A letter was read from the Christchurch City Council'nt last'night's meeting _of the Hutt Borough Council conveying the following motion passed by, the. Christchurch "That this council is of opinion that-the time has arrived .' when universal military training should be adopted by the. Dominion." • Councillor Baldwin moved that the letter be. received.'-, '•:.'", ' .. - ■:. -.:."...," The, Mayor said ho was in favour of military training/ ■' .-".-■''.'' ■.--.- ■.', ''■■'. _..,'■ ./:'.. Councillor Arison: So am I, but I do not think it- is our place to pass resolutions on the subject. ~: -„„ ~ „ ','„ ■'..'' ; On the suggestion of the Baldwin's niotion was amended to read:that the lettor bo replied to to the effeot that ;itho. council thought ;it was not their .place .to 'express an' opinion unless asked, to do ! so by the Minister for ,Finance. .. /.'/JOTTINGS./ '■ Some caustic! comment was made by Dr. M'Arthur at the Potono Magistrate's Conrt yesterday in referring in the evidenco given by ii little girl In support ■ of an information alleging the uso of obscene. language. Both he and the justice of the pcaco associated with him had beon considerably shocked, ho said, to hear such, a young child, repeating such language. She had ovidently' been coached up in the ovidence Bhe was to give. " Anyhow/' stated ■ Mb Worship, "she had got it off as well as if :she were repeating a- little, hymn in Sunday-school." ' : "I cannot understand. why young men use such language," said Dr. M'Arthur at the l'etono Magstrate's- Court yesterday, referring; to expressions which had played a prominent part in.an assault case. "The words are quite- meaningless,, and: without, any force...; There is no 'wit nor.humour in-thom.":,.- .i, v .:/':':,' '■-': tut sight the Butt Borough Counoil resolved

on the motion of Councillor ■ Hayes, to have three seats i placed on the Belmont Hill. ■ "' During discussion at-the'Hutt Borough Council Councillor Anson'drew attention to the absolute necessity for disinfection in cases' of phthisis. He had known of people sitting besido each other in offices,who had.caught the diseases and died of it. Many people in offices also had a very dangerous ana disagreeable habit of damping their fingers to turn over pages, and this was a most fruitful source of infection. ~ , : Yesterday afternoon a number of members of tho Hutt Bowling Club paid a visit to the Pbtons green and tried their skill with members of tho Petone Club. • The games, which were keenly contested and very enjoyable, resulted as follow (Hutt-players mentioned first in each case) —•'..•...- . , -. :. ■.".■■: Humphries, '.Young,- Hodgins, Davidson (s,), 17, Gilmour, Palmer, Wearne, Melhuish (s.), 19. h-night, M'Kenzie, Pole, Cudby (s.)„ 17; Laney, Hall, Hou<y, Reid (s.). 19. Casey, Johnson, Barko, Rishwortb. (s.), 15; Cates Oaynor, Whitton, Beynow (s.), 16. Sinolair, Buokenham, Eddie, Hollard (s.), 17, Woodhouse, Barlow, Castle, Ross (s.), 28. ' Shearer, Elliott, Judd; • Trevothick i (s.), 23: Hill, Millington, Fndlay, Wilmshurst (s.), 15. Totals-Hutt 91, Petone 95.