HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 916, 8 September 1910, Page 5

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

: ,-v '■ (From.;:Our v ;SpeLMSI iCorrcßDondent.V..';.';-.; high' school ?rom^|| :"'' ;i A':-rifle; matcli;'tool(vplaoft : :fat;^eit-; ketone\'arid?Hastings; '.'District ■:!l< High; Schools,: and-.Vwas.won •by;;Eet6iie ) ' ; tlieir:. 'aggregate:'beiug;73siv as against !671; 'by,. scbres^'are;as fol- ' 30G;;::''' 150vds:,'. ■2ol;:'2of)yd3. j j : l7S:: : totali- 735/;;" Hast-; ings :V 100yd5.p.277:; ; 150 yds:;/ '23ffr';200;;' yds.,:; 15$!'., total, ."671. j scorer.'for Petone'/ with - 73,: and TJlb'n-, ;teitli;for'.'':Has^ " The: monthly'meetirig.yof Jtlie'goverri'-' •;.ors, of ■ the : ;Pe&he.:; Technical was' ■ .held.": last''i;..flvening,:,.;thero'! btiirig prosenti':'Rey;; ; A. Thomson.(chairman), ,and.:'Me'ssrs. Hhyes, : :JXiiicauiVßaldwin,'{Jones;; : and .^Ewanv;:; ; '.i •X^-^H^^y'^fl .Tho Education Department;: intimated; that,the:clas's^svfor.chemistry,' icookery,:. and steani; ha'd; been .recognised,:-' and :that a:igraut;-of : ;'£2(l:3s.v3^^"hM,heeii;. niadc for chemical- apparatus "for :assbci-; ' ated classes at: Betone/and also';£6'.l()s.; : '£d.' ; : ;.■': In this;'/quarterly.;,repbrt,./dated,;! Sep-/ ,tember.-6,;' Mr.yj.-" LyinsVey;-,'(directbr); stated'that'three new-classes had-been' ; formed thisT.ter'm,' yiz.y steam, 0 ; cookery, ; and chemistry. :. The.; attendances" had; : been .excellent, . good' worfe had ;been\dpne;;v h The Jiver-; age .attendance for.; the', schpbKwas.inow;:, 200, ; which, was. ah,' increase of. forty. Voir : the.provibus ..term..,;' In;ttie" carpentry; : signwriting, :' and',dressmakingiy. classes.; 'the attendances;'had.'not : .beetf .'..very ' good, but ; had' improved \ of;, late; '-> 7The 'electrical ■',class;;';had; been',: unfortunate ill .'losing;: their ..instructor,: who;: had resigned: ;; Tlio_ director '.recommended .that .junior pupils -,: for ..this. -.■ class ;be J: taken ; at:. a ; -fee-, of : pii,;' At .the: recent ; examination; the plumbing class ,'pupils, were ,vefyi.successful.;;; :. ~.-.;;,-!..::; ■;:•': ■ It was' j-esolvcd: to invito applications* i for. the,'.position,:, of - instructor;': to ..the- • electrical-class a-t once.: i r I, ; ■ ;';. A-: special/exhibition; might;;well; bo ; 'hold shortly jfoftho'ipurppsoiof afford- ; .public an opportunity:.of iyiewv ; ing the; pupils 'at'wort. •;;':;_:,;; i ;;■''::-;',: Mother. ; A: fire i)i';a,;,niicrocarpa. .-hedge ,'in:; Britannia Strect;was'tho means'of. call- : ' ing put' the,' Pet'ohe,: brigade"at :4'o'clock ■ : ' quickly suiipro'ssed,:','a'nd *, no//serious, '■; damage,'wa;i 'dpne.':--^^,-'; ( .' '."Thero''are', T so;far,.''only : two!;iio,mina- ". tioiis '• fori.'tfe; vacancy y.on ' tKo-'.Petono , Borough Council—Mr: C.:,P. .Brockle- y bank Geo., - tions close fat.' hbori; : to-day ) i>''an;d::'the ■■ !