HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 724, 25 January 1910, Page 9

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

(From Our .SDeclal Oorresnondeni.) 1 . • ' :«''';' —.. ..-. •■ CHTOCHAIffIIVERSAEY. : ;' The anniversary services of the Fetono Primitivo Methodist Church were "held on Sunday, overflowing attendances being present at tho threo services. ■ .The preachers for tie dny were tho Ecv. H. Sharp and the. Eev. B. Motson.. At.the evening, service, moinbers of the loyal Orange Lodge were present, the Eev. B. Metson taking for : his' text. "The t GobiShepherd.'.'; Tho singing of. tho'children; under tho baton of the Rev. H. Sharp, was a feature. This evening a "social" Srill' bo held for the distribution of prizes. ; "' ■■'■!' , ■■■•./ ; ":■ y ■

GYMKHANA.

Tho gymkhaua which was organised by the Church of England Men's . Society, St. Augustine's branch, Petone, on/Anniversary Pay, was very successul. A large crowd assembled on- the Petono Bocrea-. tion Ground, eclipsing all attendances that have been present at.like entertainments.' Apart from the sports, very good business was , done at the various stalls, controlled by Mosdames .Marsden,- Noill, , Harrison: and Lee; Misses Sherwin- (2), House, Kirk; Keir. I&ote,. Tanriy, Sebly; Bale, Heron,'UoodriekV Andrews, - Berstein. and Marsden; The sporting events, which :were arranged and supervised by Messrs.E. G. House(secretary), F. Lee, and the Eev. J. D. Eussqll, wore keenly contested. .The committee, in departing from the .old-time indoor concert to that of an open-air ovent, were justified'. by results. Some two . hundred people gathered Tound the rotunda at 80 clock, and were 'delighted''with the programme • presented. Items;w'oro rendered by: Miss ICibbleVhitc, Messrs. Bowman (2); Snell, Andrews,: Ellis, and House. Tho perfor. miirs. .were' assisted by'the orchestra arid, choir,, of; which Mr. Sherwin was; the' conductor.'.The: winnels in the " various 'sportine- events aro as- under:—Vaultinß. .Mr. .VEichardson «.ll&\ 3in.), .1; .'■Mγ." M*Donald, : 2; sack race/■Mγ.; Eyanj egg and"Bpoon race,, : ' Mr. • married ladies' race, Mrs; Grant;. single- ladies' race,' Miss Jones';'■;tilting in the!ring-on' bicycles, Mr. : Ffrqst; three-legge'd' race, Messrs. Thompson , and Probstel j wheel r barrow'.racc, Messrs. Probstel and Colquhoun; bowling at wicket,' Mr. Clapham; slow bicycle race, , Mr. Lowry; high jump, Mr. Bold; girls' skipping. Miss Nellie Hall; best decorated Tiicyolo, Mjss Peach; men's skipping," Mr. Probstel. ~ : '•; ■--. ,■.

i": 'ODDFELLOWS', PICNIC. : ;: '

/ '•' The:'. Oddfellows' annual. picniq.' ; orf Saturday....proved.',, the' piece uV .-re-' sistaice for '130'; members. '■ and' .friends at '■'-Maidstohe- "Park, Upper, Hutt., .Pride , ''of■."first'--'place in .the , sport or. the day was accorded' the- juvenile clemont, .which, went in extensively for races of all sorts suitable to their.■weights, ages, , - ;and: conditions.- .For,' these :■;the. prizes :"wero' as - diverse■". as_ ■: r .they_i were" numerous, and the appreciation universal.-. Of the adult;events', which were'naturally, moro- in' set .order, the ladies' -.fisg .and spooii race (run in heats) proved.- the: most interestihg,; Miss Kaywood carryiiig off a postcard- album for first, place- at the iimsh," and : Miss 'Whittaker a .flower bowl: for second:: :, The'.young- ladies ran for casket;' The principal men'sevent was- , * the Oddfellows' Handicap, Bro. A. T. Bailey being first, and.M. Tracy, ■; jun,, ; second.; , A ■ gavo Bro. .Gundcrson - a chance,'/ ivith Bro; L.T.Bodley, second.' "Breaking the Dove". (blindfold) afforded considerable) amusement ; to all.and a yaso. to. Bro.' W. W., Foster, ;'•: 8r0.., Whittaker: guessed'.nbarest' to , the true/number of peas in a common . pioklo .bottle, ■■ and: thereby-added 51b/ of-tea to: his larder. A cricket match uetween. ladies .and men players-brought'train'time before finality, and will -'therefore have to be "continued .in our-next"rrnext year.;. Meanwhile the ■verdict is. that. .Odafcllowship.. is -/good follbwshin at a, picnic-. ' : -, ,■,.'.

JOTTINGS.

' on 6 method' of .'dealing with ; ragwort, is to pull.it out by the roots. But there-is another way.'-: At, the'Petone- Bbrqugh 1 Cooncil's meeting i last evening'an Mritimation fi'om';tbe'.Dep,artmeht 'of Agriculture that ragwort 'had, beennoticed, oiv the; .council's property—Potone' .waterworks \. reser.ve—and ■ was now flower- , " ; ing!.' The- I town .clerk mentioned that 'on,, tho.- suggestion: of.'-the ,Department's- . iiispeotor. steps had been .taken' to .'place 60me -sheep on the reserve, a', statement whioh was received' with.some levity. . If; wa's : doubted whether' the. sheep : ; would' eat the ragwort-'if there , was; anythingelse to. eat. Councillor Short:. '."They ■ might like: it for dessert.", It was "de-; ■cided to .inform tho ' Department that steps would be immediately takon toeradi- 1 cate-the weed.' ! .- 'i.-, '■'• ■ \ '.' '■:">:^'v : 'v v ■ Tho ''" Petono ; Borough. Council-■.-: has ' 'adopted,the report of. the sub-cpmmitteo' appointed to consider the,question of the- ; High Sohool site, wherein it,was recomj mended 'that ian : ; option'bpeeoured overthree sections inißuiok Street, at.a total amount' of .£6lO, subject-to the approval , :of the, site by the Education Department, and to ■; arrange'for the raising of alspe-. 'eial'.'.loan":with tho consent qrtho. rate-. ■'payers; -.: t:,-.':'-: :-"" , :''-.;y '':^- : , ■■