HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1601, 19 November 1912, Page 8

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

■ (From Our Spcclal Correspondent.} : "C V' .'■ - ' PETONE AMBULANCE VAX. ■ A. meeting of the Petone- Ambulance ' (Van Committee was held in • the. Mayor's ; ißoom, Petone, last night, Mr. Smart preteiding. , , ' ■ ■ ; ( Mr. A. M. Salek forwarded a ,-cheque i . (for 155., collected by .him,'for iisb.of the '■ Umbulance. tit vras Tosolved to hold the annual eetingon December 2,".1912.' • • •" 1 ; Mr.. Sturman was appointed auditor. ' The secretary reporteu that.it had come to hb knowledge;that,drivers, of .the. van. Krere wasting time after patients :had been } taken to the. hospital,', .and. .the, patients - were' being charged .waiting-time, lhe ! ■. speaker stated that he knewr- of one case !! ' .where the van had,taken tw:o hours and a I • 'quarter, fo'return.'' This was not right, 'i in the event of an-urgent ca9B waiting., :. After discnssidii, it 'was' resolved that ' -the contractors supplying the horses, bo i '. written to on the .matter,, and requested ; (to instruct' their'drivers not-to wait (after t kaking n patient 13-'tho'hospital) .any. Songer. than ten' minutes. - . " { Damage to the van was another subject ■ pf discussion, which ended in a resolve to mite to the contractors,- requesting them Sto place only efficient drivers in charfje' j. Sof the van. ' " ■' . . nUTT;CIVIL COURT. • ■ ( The morithlyr sitting'of 'tho Bench of ■ iTustices -was held at Lower Hutt yester- : (day, before Messrs., Chapman and Cudby. i - In the following undefended, cases judgtment for plaintiff was given:—Hutt Riv- - iter Boaid v. William-Turnbull, «£1 lis. 2d.> 'costs ss.'; same.'v. Mrs.' Elizabeth Pay, £1 t- Bis. Id., costs ss. i FIEE IN HIGH'STEEET, PETONE. : At 6.30 last night a'fire broke out in a house in.High Street, : Petone. •; (.When the brigade arrived' a large volume; . (of smoke Was issuing from the building, ' [but a quick entrance was effected, and the flames suppressed. The occupier of ••••• ithe house; Mr. Burnip.-had just returned '' Jfroin town, andjvas absent for a few minutes i iat a neighbour's house, - during-, which , time, - ' the outbreak occurred." ' The origin, of the ■fire, which staTted 'in" the pantry : rear of the building;: is,«% mystery.- The- ;. 'comteuts aro insuTbd' ill tho "Eoyftl ofiicofor JKOO. The "damage. is-, estimated 'at 4£500 to the dwelling and .£SO to the furnii- lure. ■ - >; . JOTTINGS. - > 'While -unloading -a tank at. Chapman's ' works, Petone,-. .yesterday; two horses at'tached to a brake bolted.along Whites iLine, and when- turning a-corner on the • '' Hutt Boad collided;.with a ;butcher s cart, - land'upset the contents. Beyond a broken | ' jtrace and shaftrpol{i,.:no other damage was ' |' do The monthly TaHy of the-Hutt-'Valley . INo-Licenso was. bold at retone Elast evening. ' There.was a fair' ottend- ■ . ance. The Ecv.E.O. Blamires dehvei- : ed an address .on Temperance questions, 1 and musical and vocal items were rendered by local artists..>.v. i. . .:. HOW TO'CURE SKIN DISEASE. The longer'you neglect skin disease in /my form, the.harder will it-bp to cure it. Delay means further, trouble such as - ■ Eczema, Psoriasis, Eingworm, Eunmng - Sores or any of. the many unpleasant and painful forms-which' 1 Skin Disease- ' may assume. iEemember,,, you should, at f the first Itexona Ointment'.' "' llus Tfcapid Healez I immediately aclp. upon the skin, arousing it to a healthy activity, so that it quickly recuperates, . and the 'diseased skin, be■comes oaco more sound and heaitny, 1 • Thero are so many iises for . Kexona :- that a pot of this New Eapid-Heahng Ointment should be kept m every home. ; >One day it may be useful 'to. cure tip bites of insects, another? heal;the I cute, bruises, or scalds .'.which are forever- oc- . curing in- everyday-?life".-"Agnm,'rfor-the; more serious complaints, such as i Le"S Piles, Eczema, Kingivorms, and .the '■various forms of Skin Disease, -Eexona-is !ti proved remedy.. , ' -In Eexona Ointment are combined iuicos and essences in an entirely new and unique manner, forming a remedy ' iustlv celebrated' for: its nvonderful rapid cures. Bexona'i's'sold in triangular pots at Is. 6d., or in lwger pots holding nearly four times the quantity at 3s. 9

An advertisement elsewhere in this issue states that Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., have received instructions iroin Mr. Li. Ransfield, of Manakau, to sell the whole 1 of his stack and implements, on December 11 and 12. Further details will be :• 'published later.. .... . . • . , ■ Messrs. A. L. ,W;ilson and Co. -nill hold their weekly sale'-of. household furniture. ! nt their rooms, Brandon Street, at 1.30 : n.m. to-morrow. ... , Tho=o on (he look-ont for land in a good i ; locality a'ro referred to Messrs. Easson s, i .: • Ltd, advertisement in to-day's issue.