HUTT AND PETONE NEWS. (From Our Special Reporter.)

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 673, 25 November 1909, Page 8

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS. (From Our Special Reporter.)

AMALGAMATION: A STEP FORWARD,, At last night's meeting of the Lower Hutt Borough Council, tho -Uhder-Sccrelary. for In-, ternal AfFnirs. forwarded a copy of the commissioner's report''(previously published) respecting the .petition-to'include'-Gear Island in the.Borough.of Petono. . . ■■ .. ■ . ' "Is thero likely to be anything done in the way'of ..amalgamation?" asked a councillor. ■ "I think we should make a move now," said Councillor. Baldwin, and he moved:— ■ :

"After receiving this report from .the ' , Under-Secretary, the Petone. Borough; Council bo '.asked .'to appoint a. committee of . three to meet a committee of this, council .] to go into the question.suggested" by Mr." , . Short in ■ rogavd to • the amalgamation of ,' . the.two boroughs , .". . ' ' ' ■■ This motion was carried unanimously. :.'■' . '..•'■■ BAPTIST CHTjECH BAZAAR.. .:'. ' Abazaar inaid of the funds of the Petone Baptist Church and Sunday .School was opened at the.Oddfellows' Hall, Petone, yesterday'by the Hon. Geo. JTowlds. Mr.-Towlds, who was introduced by the Rev. T. A. Williams, made a brief speech congratulating the ladies on the work'exhibited in the stalls. \\Tien he, had declared the sale of work open, he Was j)resented. with, a buttonhole by' Miss May Wilkerson.:. The various, stalls 'were supervised as follow:—Work stall: Mesdnmes Edmeades, Lewthwaite,.' Robson, and Atkinson; handker-' chief.stall: Misses Shearer andiArnold; flower stall': Missee-Strand and Annie,Edmeades; produce stiill.: Young Men's Bible Class; baker's oven:, Masters VVilfred Haddy'.'and Chas.'Edmeades; Christmas tree:, iliases- Bessie Edmeadesand Ethel Wilhelm; lollie stall:. Misses Haddy. and Elsie and Edie Edmeades; cooking competition: Mrs. Godber; afternoon tea: Mesdames Palmer, Wilkersou, Shardlow, and Haig,. Misses Edmeades and Low (2). In the evening on entertainment was given by' the I?et6ne.Or-' chestra, and a gymnastic squad from the Wellington Y.si.cA. '..;,: ■••...■ '■;•■ ' ■ . ■-.■■

PETONE ROWING CLUB. ,' : ' The Petone Rowing.Club got off, one heat of the Senior. Fours on Tuesday evening, when White, (stroke), Byines, /Burridge,' and Inglis beat Tremain (stroke), Dru'mmond,. Parr, and Canty. . The. race- was a . keen ■ one, White's crew .winning by'Va- canvas.-'. The second heat of the same race.,will be rowed this evening.

: WITHOUT STRAW. ■ , A /deputation, from the Taita Cometery. Trustees; consisting of the Rev.. ; J. T. , Nott'and : Messrs. Welch and Wakehara, waited on the Hntt Borough Council-, last'-night to ask' them to take over 'the control of; the cemetery .'.The.Rev., J. T.Nott.explained,that the-prin-ciple, of, the control of the cemetery by a local body had already been affirmed, since, the trustees -were nominated .by the local bodies. Ihey, were unable..to take grants.from local bodies since, the audit .inspector, refused to:pass such grants;, Therefore, thoy were in the tion, of haviDg. to carry on the, cemetery without fun.ds: Last year they had a'deficit of about,,£l2,..and though they-had managed by strenuous.-; eicrtinns' to • wipe" ■ that'.'out, there y^ , '.« T «.v,. prospect of there, being,a .similar dehcit this year."'What :they. proposed now Vas v t.hat. .the. Hutf. Borough Council should become.the nominal..trnstees'of the cemetery,' and that the,management should be'' vested'in' .a joint-.committee'of the three contributihe' councils. '' . . ■ . . , . • Councillor Baldwin.'m'oyed 'that the conneif take over the control..of/the cemetery subject ?i4'T?f Nt J? 0 P<*>ne Borough Couioil and HuttCounty Council,.arrangements to be made vvith.them as to the auanci'al-contribu-tions to be maide. . ;. ■■ .■•- ..The motion was..'parried.' .':• : . '. • ,' ;•■> "STRONG ■RESENTMENT;", y >• A' special ei'ecutive meeting 'of' the Hutt NoLicense League was held in the Baptist School room; Petone,' 'on' .Tuesday, evening. The Rev I.; A. Williams occupied the-chair. Thefol-' , lowing resolutions wore passed:— '' •'■' U} "That.Wβ' 'endorse the-action of' the president' and secretary ,;in their selection of the-Rev.-Mr. Williams 4'd Mr. J: W. M'Ewen as delegates for tho' spebial conference to be held-in Wellington on Wednesday,' November 2&, . .'' ,| .. , • "■. ] - ■. (2) "That, with a view to ..avoid future occurrences' of this kind, on all important matters, secretary;' after- consulting with the. president, shall .call a meeting of the ;executiye."' ■;' t '■;■■' t ; ." ' .' . ■■■' ' ': (4)'■" That this;ekecutive"exp : resses 'its' ; stroni! r.esentment of the action of'those , -persons'resppnstblo for the motion at -Monday' ■*niKht'monthly meeting." ■'. ■■.■■■'. ■••»; ■■<■■> ■•>- '■; (5) "That copies of all-resolutions'as passed to-night be forwarded to the press." ,

■'At a meotinK : 'di : the'Hiitt' County Council yesterday,; Councillor. -J. Whiteinan was elected to. the position of chairman- of tho• council.' ;