HUTT AND PETONE NOTES

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 652, 1 November 1909, Page 5

HUTT AND PETONE NOTES

(From Our Ssccitl Kesorter.l | ' PETONE ROWING CLUB. I :. The following crews have been picked to row in the Petone Rowing Club trial .fours, j:the first heat of .which will ;be got off next Saturday:— ' ■' . i. . No. 1 orew.: . Bonner (stroke), Bland, Msy,! W. H. Sharon (bow). ~ ;'- s , .J ! , ,No. 2: .Tremain, C. ' E. Drummoiid, Brunette. No. 3: ,W. 'Sharon, Inglis, ..Gore, Valentine. ~No. 4:..A,litV'hite, Earr,^'-.'Arrowsmith, Packard. ' , ";;■ . :'' No. 5:, C. Burridge); L. Druminond, Newell, Baker. \.. ■' -:;V: r .' v : ' No. 6: H. Struthers,''Parrant, Staples, Melrose. .; .. . ■ ■ \ I

UPPER: EUTT. TOWN; BOARD. : . All Craig were .present fortnightly; meeting of the Upper- Hutt Town Board, held last' week, Commissioner Bengal presiding.-; i '. Commissioner R. H.' Williams was'appointed a dolegato to the meeting of coiitributories to be held in . Wellington in December to elect the' trustees* for the' Wellington Hospital. A. communication.' from' the member 'for the district was received .covering - a »eply- from 'th«- Minister-'; for Railways giving consent 1 to the opening of Princes; Street* through to the railway , station,', this 'consent:' being : conditional upon the Town,' the necessary . oonheoting. roadway, "as pro.'raised :to the ' Prime Minister '• in. April last. It was »\ resolved = - thank Mr. Wilford and ;tW Minister for their action in the matter, and to forward an assurance that the necessary rorid Work-would be'put in hand'as soon as possible. .. , A letter' was' received from 'the' Town- Hall Company, Limited,- notifying ' that the directors were not prepared .to approve, the board's proposals as'to improving.; the';means,..of disposing of storm water in tho vicinity of flio The issue of building permits for dwellings for Messrs. It., H.-Webb. and J. M. Emery was reported by the clerk.- ■''-J-''<■ A letter' from the Petone Borough .' Council indicated- that the fefl charged by that' body for traotion. engines engaged - in' carrying operations was .£25 per nr.nnin. It was decided by the board, that, .as half.Jho. year had elapsed, and it would be necessary to-make a special' by-law' dealing with the matter, the owner of the local traction engine should receive an ordinary carrier's license for the unexpired portion of the current-financial'year. In order' to compel drivers. of .vehicles to use the crown' of' the' road in ' neirly-metalled sections of the roadway,' it. was decided: that, obstructions should, be..placed upon .the sides of the road where necessary, and that the same should be removed, each .cv.eniiig by-rthe roadman until the luetal was consolidated. ' - , Regarding overdue rates, it was decided that' the clerk should proceed at once "to follow up - the- red tags,",'p-nd enforce payment. Of the resident ratepayers, 21 living to the westward of Gibbons's Road and 10 to the eastward of. that road , are' on "the "unpaid" .list. In amount, however, the disparity is still greater ■ in favour .of the Upper Hutt end as against, the Trentham end, Tor," while the six highest defaulters in the Trentham end owe tho board .£lOl odd (accrued to September IS),-the: six highest defaulters eastward of Gibbons's Road'only owe: .£39 among them. ', ■From a report presented by the clerk, it appeared that notifications had been' received: by him (within the first six months of the current financial year) of the change of ownership in respect of 131. allotments within * the town district. " ' ' : It was decided to. put in hand; the Princes Street footpath and the railway approach-road in hand as soon as plant'were ready. . A communication from a firm, of solicitors, in Wellington was>lreceived., regarding, stock -wandering upon- the Dominion' block streets.' As the lward'Had, through its officers, either: impounded: the stock found, wandering or : takeC proceedings >for infraction; of the gen-' cral: by-law against offenders, it was decided ■ to formally acknowledge the letter. The clerk, reported that the warning : notices' to motorists regarding ■ speed limits, and: to' drovers with reference to the travelling of stock, were now plaoed upon the board's polesat the eastern and western ends of the town district, and-that the motor 6peed -warning' upon - the Wallaceville Road was now facing the inward traffic.■■ • ■ ■ -. r

: ; JOTTINGS. ~ The last \of the Methodist Musical Mission, services oonducted by ■ tho Rev. A. J.-Seamer was i held- ill the Oddfellows' - Hall, Petone, last night. Next Sunday .will .be • the opening day for tho new. Methodist .Church. • The .musical portion of the i Petone Baptist Sunday School" anniversary services was repeated yesterday, when; anniversary hymns were sung by a choir of 130 voices, and solos and duet 3 were also rendered. .

'it the Petone Recreation Grounds yesterday, the Petone' Brass Band, looking veiy neat in new'uniforms, rendered a programme of etleoted music.

' This season has seen''a great • access of, membership to the Hutt Tennis Club. The club has entered for tlie cup, and young players are showing much improved form. \fho courts'are in very good order. O

A special meeting of the:.Petone Borough. Council will be held on November 22 to confirm the resolution bringing Petoiie under the third schedule of the Noxious Weeds Act. '

Owing to the King's Birthday holiday falling on the following day, the Hutt and Petone Borough Councils will not hold their next meetings on Monday, November 8, but on Wednesday, November 10.

• Tho funds, of the Primitive Methodist Church- of Petone have , benefited to the extent of-about .£4O as a result of the two days' bazaar held recently.

A "social" held recently-in: connection with the presentation by ex-pupils to Mr. Jas. ■Home, the retiring, headmaster of the Petone District High School, has-.resitted'.in. a movement to : establish an -.Ex-SapUs' Association; A meeting will; probably be called at. an .early date, .. when 'suggestions to make the association a. live oue mil ;,be. discussid.' ■. ' • , .