HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 919, 12 September 1910, Page 9

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

>' ~, (From -Our Own; Correspondent.);..-';: .'. !■ FOOTBALL; AND TTJG-Or-WAli! ' The return,'football • match and 'tug-pf-war between;.teams,.representing the PetoiiQ Railway Workshops; and : the' Hutt: duplication workers 'was played on Saturday afterndpn. After an interesting '-'and -very fast .game, .Workshops'.won by .21 points to .18. ■ 'The scorers- were—For .Workshops; Ryan' (3 tries); .Whitley (IK aud'Nielson-(l). Shardlow converted. three of tho tries. •Rosa (1 try), : Apps : (1),. ' Chesterman (1), Phillips Q). and;-Bodkin (1). scored for. the • duplication workers.' '■-."'

\ Thetiig-of-war .waswonby the., duplication. ,team after.a'.pull lasting three minutes/- :' "■ ;,"..-.''•'■. ■■ .--.. •_'■'■■ '■-■-'■.

; The proceeds, which a're ; in.'aid of the, Petone ambulance wagon, amounted 'io £10.'' ■ '■: ; , :: v.--- .'••'-■'■ ■■•

PETONE CRICKET CLUB

The report to be.presented at the annual meeting of. the' Petono '.' Cricket Club ; which takes, place dn,:Tliursday evening next;"-expresses "regret i.hat"the ■past.season was riot, successful as,far as:matches were .concerned;;"the'senior eleven.'winning .three, matches out; of nine, the remaining six..-being lost.: The junior eleven won two out of eight, and ■lost;six;'-;' The v bowling of W. S. Brica .was,. his' average reading '60 wickets .'for' 664 :runs. , The thanks of the.club ate due,to.the Bbrough Council for use of grpuhd, the Mayor- (Mr. ;J., .Wr.M'Ewan) .for -use ,of■ his;room, Dr. Ross, for, a' trophy, and to: Messrs; Coles, Palmef,\ Cotton, I'Vaser, '• lnglis, and, Nicholson for, donations. ; The .report Mr.' Brice on having obtained New,' Zealand honours. The receipts amounted to £32 Is. 9d. ; , whilst the expenditure was' £31 13s"; 6d. The assets .over- liabilities-are estimated at £4.' In conclusion, the committee feel confideut that a 'suecessful season, will result if memberaTwili'support them m their efforts for the" good-of the club.:,: PETONE CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING ' :,;;: : . .' SOCIETY.:' , : ~, In the fourteenth annual report of the Petone; Co-operative' Building Society, the chairman congratulates shareholders'' on the success attained by the' society during the'past year., Three members received .appropriations amounting u, £1000.' Sixteen meetings, were held in the year. The capital account ■ now stands at £5662 lis.. 9d. The, receipts ior the year totalled £2322 17s. 10d., of which £708' was brought forward: from last year; .The expenditure amounted to £1720 lis. 8d:, leaving a credit balance-of £602 tin. 2d. .Th v balance' at credit of profit and loss account, is;£474 165., Id. ■"■'•'.' .

; lhe ambulance wagoir fund has iiow reached £160, and there are still several lists .to coins iu, which,'- when received, should enable the committee to announce that sufficient funds have been obtained. - .'•'•-■'■,

A rubbish heap which uutght firs at the rear-of the Railway Hotel, Lowor Hutt, was tho moans of calling out tho local brigiido on Saturday night at 8 o clock. The 'ilawcs were suppressed m° f ny scriollS damage was done. - lho I'etone and Hutt Ministers' Association will commenco Bible-teaching in schools nest Tuesday afternoon. Tho lessons (which will last half an hour) will start after ordinary school hours, and all persons who object-to their children being present will'bo asked to sign a form to that effect.