HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 650, 29 October 1909, Page 8

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

,-v . - UTrom Onr Bbcclal EcporUr.l ■> BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL. v The past year ;has been a.'very .successful on .< for ■ the • Petono Baptist. Sunday , School. The annual reportrecords'an'inoreasa of ?25. scholars, ■ and- at present'there are 70 members; of :the ?primaryolass alone. , .In. addition to sjMcesks Won"in the.'ilocal.Sunday' School Union examination, th* school also, carried off, six prizes .out /of . the J2O offered- by • the New Zealand Baptist Union.'• ' • ..... ' The anniversary. tea' - and public; meeting -on Wednesday .evening • 'were ' very successful' Mr. 'Alexander, superintendent,' presided/ and. ad:, dresses'were giveri-.-by the Revs. Alfred-North, AucUand, -atKl .'-T. jA'.- Williams. ■ The'prizes, won' during the-year were/presented by Mrs'.. Williams and Miss: Stanton; • Musical .'and elocutionary items .were/rendered by ...the choir, under:the leadershipV , of Mr.. Lowthwaitc,; and also l by' 'a ;nnmber'. of . scholars .'of ' the Sunday , school. : 'V" '1/

" ' JOTTINGS. ' ' > The Hntt Bordugh Council 'has decided to take proceedings to; h»ve'the,amount of compensation determined. for- land taken fro'mi Mr. and Mrs: Emeny. ." The, land .has a depth of about 16 feet, and the owners originally claimed for about ',£6so..The 'council offered J8190,, which iWas at the-.Tate ,of about >21. a foot- ;

:A successful bazaar :which, was. opened, in. the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday in aid'of the Primitive 'Methodist; Church was jConcluded yesterday. • V : Tho Petone Brass. Band' is 'now/equipped new-uniforms, and will make an initial appearance in these on. Sunday * when selections mil be played .on /the" Petone ' Recreation Ground.;' , / liThe., new Methodist '.- Church .at; Pttone/; is practicaUy .completed, aiid the - openingservioes are to be field on Sunday week, Novem--ber.7." .The Rev.; Thos. : Fee,; president .. of the Methodist Conference,■ will. conduct' the. inorri;ing< and afternoon; .'services, and. the Eev. 'A. J. Seamor. will preach-in.the evening. / / ■ Satisfactory ■ progress ,/is ,being, • made with the . laying of the western'. sewage . system at lower Hutt. Two-thirds of the ; work in Bridge Streeit haubeon 'completed, while, .at Alioetown,- Valentine,- Buckley, and Alice Streets and- William Str«rt almost '.so.; * The -prize-giving .concert of the Koro 'Koro 1 Sunday Sohool was held on Wednesday evening.' ': -There "tftt'fc"'. good attendance,' and 'an onjoyable programme' Vas given, musical arid o&r "items; being" coritnbufed by Misses Kirk obd 0. Sherwin, Messrs. Ellis and R.;G. House, and ; Master Ernest Glading. -' The Taita Cemetery Trustees haTe decided to wait' on', the';Hutt Bofotigh'' Council, at' an early date to ;'a£k: .that, -body to : reconsider its decision in regard' to assutning the control of • the'■ cemetery. -.It wiH be remembered that the trustees' apjiroath'ed .the' council,recently it-: refused, to'.assume'control of. the trust, but effered to 1 help , to meet the debts of the Trust. Obviously : suoh a course would not be satisfactory,' as, , though the. liabilities of the Trust at present amount to. a'little, over jell, nevertheless. during the'past .year'a"bil.anco of over £32 has been absorbed; thus making,, the, total loss-for -. the', period stated of >ov«r £43. i> :•;• -'