HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 654, 3 November 1909, Page 4

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

(From Our Special RoDortor.l

PETONE.TECHNICAL SCHOOL BOARD. '' Tho ' Petone Technical School iioai'd of •Managers held their monthly meeting last jnight, .when' there' wore present: Jfessrs. E. Mottles (in the chair), J. W. M'Ewau, D. fM'Kenzie, ■H, Fiulay, J. G. - Castle (secretary), and E. King (director). ■ . . : ; ■. : Messrs. Lynskey, itnd Abrahall waited upon the board as \a deputation for tho Petone Main, School Committee, to ask the board to reconsider tho. question of allotting ;\ mink-' ture : rifle-rnnge to be erected uear tho school. Major Macdonald also attended to answer any '; questions as to the safety-of tic position; He explained that thero was absolutely no danger'from sAray ■ shots, for a boy. ivns. never, allowed to hnve a .cartridge.-in his gun till the ■rifle .was placed through a slot. . ■•■' J'.' Most of the members expressed .themselves in favour ■of the proposal; but ;Mi\ Finlay, though not wishing to deprive the boysof the range, could not see his; way to vote in favour of permission being gi-ren. After Eome disoussion, .it was resolved that the matter, bo referred back to the committee in order to ascertain whether they, could not secure some batter site...- . If they were unsuccessful in | this,; tlio board ■ .would again consider the, re-' quest.;:' '.. " ■■'• ;'. ■.."- ■'' ;",\ : The director .(Mr: King) reported in regard .to a question raised by the I'ev. A. Thomson/ who had-asked whether ; certain, persons were being granted free, railway passes to go into Wellington for free instruction, which could be given just as well at Petone. He.'stated , that one 'of the pupils in question was a pupil,teacher. ;'who received instruction, at special teachers', classes in Wellington. . Another was a school probationer "and it was a .moot point whother.isuch a case was entitled to free-placo 'instruction or to a place ut tho pupil-teachers' classes.''.'."..;'-"--..-'.,, ■"■ '. ; .''.".■'•• - • ;■'v' :; :':■:'!: ■ -'■- V jottings.-;■: -,'' : ■.■■'■■; ■''■. ! . Mr.-' Eustace King, M.A-..,'. who is leaving the Petone West School to take lip tho position of first 'assistant at-the Petone Main School, has been.- presented ,by tho pupils with a. silyermOunted ivalking-sttck as a token ;of esteem. Pupils at the\Pctomr Technical School propose "holding'.'ir "social."., at an early date. A meeting of; the Valley Horticultuml Society .was held at Lower "Hutt last night, Mr. .'L'urnbull presidinj;;. The programmo for tho' evening . was ; a; talk, on- '■'■Itoses and Rosegrowing." by, Messes.: Ansti3 and .HughCs. The Jooturettes, as they might'.be 'tailed, were : very interesting. ;"; 1 ..■'.■ ,;■'.' ■';., .