HUTT ND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 697, 23 December 1909, Page 8

HUTT ND PETONE NEWS.

.■.'.. (From QurSneoUl ScsbrtnJ. t ■'.■;-:' . '.-"•'-■ ■.'"' N ',"—: '■• : . .-■•-:.';'■} |\.;' ": ,: TEOTOJtES.'. : '■;-' '■■''.-. .: Mr... J; ;wi tMlJwan, .vice-president of the' Hutt- and Petqne .League, has given notice,-to ;niov'o at a'future lneeting'of the.league , as follows:— .*'■■'•'■ ■'' ' : '*•' ■■ " '.-'■ •' ■ (1)' "That the whole of the resolutions passed at the,eiecntiye meeting held.on,December"l6 are; irregular "and-out 6i order, on-the following grounds: (a): That' two of: those voting had-: forfeited .;their, seats,;, having -iailed (without reasonable -eicuse) •' to.- .attend ■ for 'more' ;than. three ■consecutive'- : -meetings- of the executive;' (h) That .threeof the eight ; perso'as. voting had not beeE'.elected'members 'of :tho'executive by a properly-constituted, meeting of ; "the league J (c)-, That two of. those voting' were irregularly' appointed. by.. the executive,'.:: instiad oi'■•■ by a meeting bf-'tne league; (d) That, at; least two - , persons referred to in enbolauses aVib;, and. c.-.vjeie" , not , members -.of ■•■the league,-'.and were therefore ineligible , for,elec-' tion to -the executive; (e) That; the mover, of ; a motion of 'censure, "and; one other .person vot- , ing," wasl'personally"'•;■■ and vitally., J .interested ther6in;"(f)'That'.the chairman"refused, to.,submit; a motion- to adjonrn which' (in co-n'sequenco .of''the dwindling attendance): was dujy ■ .proposed; and seconded';-(g) That a passed prior -to the motions of..censure was in effect u direction' to :rofer the whole, question to ; a' meeting to be held onVDecember 23. ' (2). That this- eieoutive. disolaims -all' responsibility for reports' supplied ■ to : the press other than those supplied by-the-secretary."'' ' '•';■■ ■

-.;:;;■; '.: ;jottings.;, .' : ;: ■ The following plants are gazetted as noxious weeds in tho : Petone district:—Bathurst burr, broom, -burdock; dock, elderberry, fennel, foxglove, giant burdock,; gorse, hakea, hemlock, .kancarqcacacia, lupin, ox-eye, daisy, pennyroyal, periwinkle, ragwort '.or- ragweed;, St. John's: wort;-tauhinu,-'thistles; any species of carlina (stemless thistle), ' carduus (common ■plume or ScotcK'.thistlb)', cnicus;' (woolly-headed thistle), centaurea' (star thistle), silybum -. (milk thistle), hiteani" viper's. buglqss; • wild '• borage, wild' turnipi and. winged thistle. ; . ■ ■!■',.'. : A 'moonlight excursion to Day's Bay was held last : evening, under the .'-auspices* of the Hutt an'd'Eetone Citizens' Band; A great number of pleasrire-'seekers ; attended, "and the evening's entertainment took Hie'- .form of a promenado concbrti ■■' '.' '■•'■ '. ■■ ■'-.■•■• ■':" ■'■'■■ The'Potone liailway Workshops closed' down last; night' fpr the Christmas vacation. Work will bo resumed on Tuesday; January i. . Thero was a large ■ attendanco' at Mr. J,;-W; Iteadb's private ■ residence; • Aglionby' Street, Lower Hutt,-last night, whero "an •, --open-air concert was given.'" V '"■'.. ■ : :■'■ •