HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1001, 16 December 1910, Page 9

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

■ (From Ov.r Special Correspondent.) Yesterday afternoon, at the breaking up of tho Peione West School, Mr. J. (i. Castle (chairman of committee) presented Kathleen Norman, dux of the school, with the silver medal donated by Mt. C. K. Skelly.' • TUo final meeting of the Petone West School Committee was held last night, there being in attendance: Messrs. .Qastle (chairman), Hurridge,. Davis, Maynard, Snow, Maraden, Parranr, and Cotton. Surprise was expressed by committeemen at the action ol the Education Boanl in arriving at a decision to the. eil'ect that I'they would not liialift certain alterations ,to. the school as--requested-.- -The board were holding the money, and.tho committee 'were in a dilemma. -It was resolved to draw up fresh specifications, and call for tenders, lor tho laying down of au asphalt tennis court in the school ;ground,...us all ithq.^original..tenders..were considered 'toil bSgh."''.*.'i "Ji'!'. Tho Lower Hutt'District High l?clmo!, Petone District High School, and ketone: West School, "broke up" yesterday afternofln for their annual summer vaeiition. At tho I'etohe PiJicu Court yesterday morning, before .Messrs. M'Ewan and Soutligate, Annie "Winifred Dunn, for vagrancy. was committed to the Ohiro Home for six months, or, as an alternative, three months' imprisonment. I ■ The Hutt Valloy Gun Club held its monthly shoot'oll Wednesday. In, the six Livebird Sweepstakes the prize was divided between";lis Hancock (25yd5.),. J. Bras'oll' (28yds;),. S.- Scotv x'23yda.), aiidi A,-. Sdott (23yds;); "with ' t-ix kills- each.- -. -:The 12 clay" bird 'match was wou ' by'W. Tulloclc (10yds.), .11. breaks; S. Edwards (17yds.), and-E! Philp (12yds.) tying for second with'ten breaks. The-9 clay bird mutch was won by S. Scott .with 7 out of 9 breaks. .-;