HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 808, 4 May 1910, Page 2

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

(From Our Soecial Correspondent). ;v • - THE C.E.M.S. - ' The amiuaJ general meeting of tfr# Church-of England ifec's Society, Peton« branch, was -held last' evening,. whenTthd president (tho "R-qt: J. D." Russell) sided over o- good attendance. The annual report reviewing. the' past year's work was adopted. The- following officer® wero elected'. -Prrsident, Rev.. J. D. Ens- ■ sell; hon. general secretary, Sfr. C. Kodg*rs;i correspondinpr ; secretary, Mr. J. Hunt; lion. auditor,' Mr. TV. EvansrGeneral Committee, Messrs. Honse, Buckingham, Frost; and Yanko. After the "conclusion of'-the business the proceedings took the form of a social evening. •

FETOXE TECHNICAL SCHOOL. I Lnsr evening's meeting of the Peton# Technical School' Board was attended ..by the chairman (the Rev. A. Thomson) and Messrs. Duikmh, Bald win, Jones, Southgate, M'Kenzie, M'Ewan, Castle, Truman, Hayes, Findlay, and Ifamsilen. Hie matter of: the section of Jand belonging to the Iruslees of tho defunct Boys' Institute again came up for dis- • cussion. It was reported that the. solicitor htid given the board to understand that he was not prepared to advise it fo the effect thai the signatures .of two out of the three trustees would be sufficient to give effect to the'transfer of the section in question to the school. The lio.ird consequently resolved to hold the. matter over until next meeting, pending further report from the solicitor. . The director, in his report,■ mentioned ' t.liat 24 pupils were now receiving instruot.ion _iu drawing, where there v.eire formerly only 11. In connection with the proposal to establish a', cooking class, 11 youii:; Jauics had undertaken to attend.' The secretary was instructed to adrcrtise for. «ti instructor for this class, which is to be commenced forthwith. The director also reported, that he had. received, an offer from an instructor of chemistry, who is willing to take a class for schoolboys." It was decidcd to accept the oiler, ami to fix n fee of'Bs. per pupil. It was decided to ask the Borough Council, to place another light at tva main entrance of the school. ■; JOTTINGS. . ■•■ 'Mt. li 7' l r .""Buhnf; J[ayi)r" of Lower Hutt,- accompanied will leave on a holiday Trip" for' Auckland next Thursday. To-day's extraordinary council election at the Lower Hutt promises to be an interesting contest. As previously announced, the candidates are Mr. A. E. Hoots and, Mr. J. T. Hawthorn. A meeting of. the Petone 'Ambulance Wagon Fund Committee is to-, be held ir the Mayor's rooni to-morrow-night. -