HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1593, 9 November 1912, Page 7

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

'From Our": Special Correspondent.) ■■••'.-■! ."•' .'. .". V ~''.. '"■' '.'■ : j The' wool class.in connection with the Petone Technical School has finished for the current year, and.at..a' recent .tost given by the instructor (Mr. A. Gate) nil ; the pupils' acquitted'themselves well. The most successful-candidates were J. Canty, A. Fleet, E. Corner, and 11. Eyertoii, : Yesterday afternoon a sale of Indian a,nd Oriental goods :was held in the Tosvn Hall buildings, Lower Hutt, for the purpose of assisting Pandita Knmabai's mission to child widows in India. All tho goods we're .daintily arranged, and the •large number present kejit the assistants busy. Mr.' andJlrs. JlTs.enzie, the organisers for this movement in the Dominion, were present. Mrs.- Jenness is. in chargo of the sale, the assistants being'Slesdames Mather,". Shaw, : Campbell, Ayson, Cook, and lloutley, and Misses Jole. (2), Jouness (2), Stevens, -Kendall," Davidson, Andrews, Knight,-Curtis, and Ginger. /'At'a, meeting of residents of Kormandale.Lower Hutt, held; last night, it was resolved to tender a benefit entertainment to Mrs. "Norman,'who-lost her husband f. few weeks ago under sad circumstances. , Tho initial summer evening sports meeting under the auspices of the Petone Junior. Club was held on the local recreation ground. last night. The results were as under:—7s. yards—Pirst' bent: Calcinai .(Gyds.), 1; House (3yds.), 2. Second heat: Bold (3yds.), 1; Bond (6yds.), 2. Third heat: Ryan, 1; Kamsden, 2; Pinal heat: House, 1; Byan, 2; Bond, 3, 100 yardsFirst heat: Kyan (10yds.), 1; Houso (lyds.), 2. Second heat:. Smith (10yds.), 1; : Bold: (4yds.), 2., Third heat: Bond (Byds.), 1; W. Ryan (9yds.), 2. Final heat: Bond, 1; W. Byan, 2; Smith,, 3. Boys'- Events.--75 yards—First heat; Coltdn (Iyd.), 1; Wakefield (scri),-2. Second heat: Noble (scr.), 1; Taylor (2yds.), 2. Third heat: Cowie (scr.) and Cowio (Jyd.), and Thomas (2yds.), dead lieat for first place. Final: "Bon." Cowie, lj'Colton, t; "Bay" Cowie, 3. Boys' 100 yards: First heat: Col ton (2yds.), 1; ShaTdlow (2yds.), 2. Second heat: Taylor (3yds.), lj Kouse (6yd5.),.2. Third heat: "Eon" Cowie (lyd.), 1; "Ray" Cowie '(scr,),'2. Final: "Ron" Cowie, 1; "Ray" Cowie, 2; Shardlow and Colton, dead heat for third place.' At Petone yesterday/morning; a young man named. James. Gibbons was' brought before Messrs. Coles and 'Wakeham, J.jP.'s, on a charge of using bad language and obstructing the-police while in the execution of their duty.' Accused applied for a remand till' next Wednesday, in order to allow counsel to appear for him. The police did not object, and the request was granted. Bail was allowed in one surety of JE2O.