HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 757, 4 March 1910, Page 3

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

(From Oar Special Corresrjondent.) — »- Mr. ~R. Baldwin, senr., member of the Lower.Hutt Borough Council, has notified ins intention to stand as (he HuttEastbourne candidate for the Wellington District Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. \Mr. H. C. Vo'gel, of Petone, who, for the past 21 years, has been associated with the "Wellington Jleat Export Company' at Ngahaurauga, is retiring from duty on account of ill-health. This week the staff presented Mr. Vogel with a purse of sovereigns as a mark of the esteem in which he is held by them. Mr. Neely made the presentation. ~ ..OPEN-AIR CONCERT. ■ '.'. A'very successful concert was given by the. Hutt and Petone Citizens' Band on' the; Petone Recreation Ground this week. There was a splendid attendance, '. and the band, assisted by the Wellington Pipe Band, and Mr.. Nicholson's "niagnaphone," gave a delightful programme. The Mayor (Mr. J. IV. M'Ewan), in the course of a few remarks, thanked the Pipe Band, Mr. Nicholson, and the public for their assistance. The proceeds are in aid' of the "Contest Fund." , BUTT FIRE BRIGADE. '. The ordinary meeting of tho Hutt Fire Brigade' was. hel<l ou ■ Wednesday evening, Captain Slinn presiding over a good attendance of members. The Petone Brigade.wrote stating that they did not intend to enter a team for the challenge cup which is to be competed for on March 12 at the Hutt Brigade's sports. The! Gear Company and Petone Workshops Brigades have.. however, intimated their, desire to enter teams. Mr. F. S. Hall, of Petone, has offered a gold medal for.'&'• one-ma.n wet competition. A further letter' was received from the Petone Brigade to the effect that they were not in favour of the United Fire Brigade's Conference being held at Lower Hutt next year. Lieutenant M'llvride'was as : corded a. hearty vote' of thanks for his report on..the recent, conference at Hastings. .AMBULANCE FUND.; : The treasurer of the Petone Ambulance 17T 3i»on Fund- has received donations from ;..;» Rev. Mr. Kirk (10s.); Mr. J. C. M'Ewan (£1), and Petono. "Working Men's Club (£1). The Eastbourne Dramatic Ulubhave offered to give an entertainment in aid of the fund, which offer has seen accepted. The total amount of ;he fund now stands at ,£66 15s. Ud. Although the Petone bowling green was slightly . wet on Wednesday, a yery : good' lame for the Hill pins'- was contested. Scores were as follow:—Curtiss, Cowie, tfeluish, Southgate (s.), 21; Finlay, iVearne, Coles, Ross (s.j, 18. . " ; SPORTS MEETING. There was a. very good attendance at ;he Petone Junior Athletic. Club's sports m Wednesday evening. 'The entries revived were satisfactory,. and some splenlid races were witnessed. The following ire the results:—lsoyds. Handicap—First leat: ■'M'Ewan; 18yds., 1; Strickland, (yds., 2; Thompson, 16yds., 3. Second icat: Elbe, 20yds., 1;W. Ryan,' 18yds., !;-Price, 16yds., 3., Final: Fraser,,l4yds., ,'r M'Kenzic, 17yds., 2; Power, 15yds., 3. sop, Step,- and. Jump Handicap.—Strickand, 1; Young,. 2; Price, 3. Boys' Race -150 1; Wynyard, -2; Davis, 3. ■ LODGE-MATTERS. '. The Hope' of Petone Lodge, , 1.0. G.T., leld, their- weekly, session in the. Ra'ii'u'rly Hall, Petone, oh AVednesday.even-' n'g/.wheri, Brq. W. Denby, C.T.,' preiideH.over a good of members, in invitation by the King's Coronation jodge Was- accepted." Addresses ,as to vayi and •mean's-of, improving tho lodge ind order were given, .and an, effort to >uild up a much stronger and more effi:ient lodge is' fo.be'. tho result". 'At the luvenile Temple of the Petone Templars, 3ro.' A: Ackroyd was presented with a. liver medal,. inscribed,. for, securing the nost new mombers for the; last half year. Pho modal • was given .by. Bro. G. Price, ? : d.1.1w: ;". .. : /' , hutt,park committee. The monthly meeting of the Hutt Park Committee/.was" held in the. Mayor's room, Hutt, last evening, there being iresent: Messrs.' W. H. Baldwin' (chairnan), ,'E. J.- Southgate, Macaskill, and Jarlbw. '..''■'' The request of the. Wellington Chrisian Endeavour Union, for the uso of he park, on-March 0, for a picnic,, was ranted. . ■ \ Repairs to the grandstand at the park rere authorised. Tho Hutt Park Racing Club wrote hat they had lost *£15 through not being ible to use the park for races last Satirday. \ The : reason given was that the )efence Department, had not left it in a it state for a race meeting. The comnittee decided.to make a claim upon the Defence' Department. . ■The financial statement showed that re:eipts, since April 1909, had amounted o'J!23G 17s. - m., and the expenditurelad been' ,Is. 2d. There was-a credit idlince of ,£l7 16s. 2d. Outstanding lialilities and rates totalled JJI4S Hs. 9d., nd the assets (including credit balance :nd rent) were .£29 17s. lOd. The amount if ■ liabilities over assets was therefore 6115 16s. lid. Accounts amounting to ii 18s. were passed for,'payment. Messrs ■ Stafford and s Treadwell wrote gain regarding their bill of costs, acaowledging .£7 10s. paid on account. The eeling expressed' by. the committee was hat an effort should be made. to wipe Ait the debt as promptly as possible. .HUTT RECREATION CLUB. : The, first annual meeting of. the Hutt iecreation Club was held at the, clubqoms' last evening, Mr. E. P. Rishworth iresiding.' The annual report,stated that the'meniiership had reached sixty,.and that there tere evidences that thc,;club was iully Appreciated' by the young men. of the listrict. During the year, considerable m'provemenfs had been made in the clubooras, a second billiard table : had been irovided, and a piano had been placed n the card room. The balance-sheet showed the financial icsition to'be as follows:—Receipts, .£235 s. 2d.; balance- in bank, ..£8 12s. 6d.; ssets over. liabilities, ,£97 7s. Id. The election.of officers resulted as folows:—Patron, Mr. E. P. Bunny; presilent, Mr. E. P.. Rishworth; vice-presi-lents, Messrs..J. T. Hawthorne, W. Hen:ry, and J. -N. - Dawson; hon. secretary, Jr. R.. Lazarus;, hon. treasurer, Mr. Sell; hon. auditors, Messrs. A. Aston, nd G. H. Pringle; committee, .Messrs. '. Rodgers, J. E. Shield, A. Ayson, W. ) James, A. Jenson, C. H. Matthews, nd C. Edwards. It was agreed to hold athletic- sports t regular intervals during the year, md to arrange for card and billiard ournaments during the winter months. The meeting concluded with a vote of hanks to the officers and chairman.