HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1604, 22 November 1912, Page 7

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

' ■■■■/'__ PETONE : S.M'i. COURT. ';- The monthly sitting of the Petone S.M. Court, was. held before Dr. S.M.; yesterday- morning. \ . .. "John Nankiville, charged with se:hng unwholesome'fish, was lined ss„ with costs 9s. (in default forty-eight hours' imprisonriient). ■ .' For leaving-a dray in Ryan Street K and thereby obstructing; the traffic, Benjamin Jones was convicted', and: ;discharged. Tho following- Territorials: appeared on various charges:—. ~;',. .., ' George Wright (absenting himself-with-out- leave), •corJsictciblaiid-;-(l)joharg«(l3i Arr!; thur Leonard 'Parker (obstructing parade - : and using insulting language: to an officer), was fined ss. and:costs lis.; in default ' forty-eight -hours'; imprisonment. WilliahrE..Davidson, James' Arthur Ben-' nett, 'Arthur Henry .-.James Garner',- "arid , Norman Martin were each i fined 10s., ' with costs. 95., in default forty-eight'hours' imprisonment. Ernest Jowett, Patrick O'Keefe, Ernest Cunninghahie, and John William Hurley, on similar offences, were convicted and discharged, while Louis Fleet was : ordered to pay. costs, 9s. The case against Noel-Maxwell Cameron was -withdrawn. :john Bell Shelbourne was ordered to pay £1 ss. of arrears of maintenance towards the support of his father, oh or before December 4, in default seven dajs' imprisonment. ....';■ ,The charge,:of assault against Perrett v. Brace was .dismissed. '•'..'■'. .] : ... ; Judgment for plaintiffs-by default was giveri-in the -following cases:—Catherine Barlow v. Sydney Clark, £3, costs 55.; P. U. Free'th v. Samuel Holford, £2 4s. Gd., costs 10s. . For a breach of the butchers' award William Bottomley was fined and ordered.to pay tho'inspector's train fare. ■■''■' JUNIOR CLUB'S SPORTS.,' -, The second evening'sports meeting of the Petone Junior. Club's fortnightly sports was held on the Recreation Ground last night. The results are as follow:— 50 Yards.Sprint.—First heat: T, Prict, oyds.,. 1; Smith, 6yds., 2; House, 2yds., 3. Second heat: Ramsden, 3yds., 1; Calcinai, 41yds., 2; Tressider,- syds., 3. Final: House, 1; Tressider, 2; Calcinai, 3. Time, 880 TaTds—Calcinai, 60yds., 1; Tressider, 30yds., 2; Srnithj-65yds., 3. Time, 2min.. 13 l-sseu. - ' ■ . Boys' Events. 50 Yards Sprint—First heat: Nicholls, 6yds., 1; Shardlow. ljyds., 2; Cotton. Iyd., 3. Second heat: Taylor, 3yds., 1; Rouse, syds., 2;.Riddell. 3. Third heat: Wylie, Gyds., I; Rae and Ron Cowie, dead dead for second place; Price, 6yds., 3.. Final: Ron Cowie, 1; Nicholls, .2; Wylie, 3. 440 Yards.—Rae Cowie. scr., 1; Shardlow, -syds'.. 2; Cotton, syds., 3. '"•' r ' .-.' . NOTES. ',-'.■" ■With a view to framing a by-law controlling the speed "pf motor-cars, the Petone Borough councillors last evening witnessed ' a trial test along Jackson Street and the. Hutt Road. The car (owned and driven by Councillor Lodder) procepded at 15 mile an hour; there was no dust. Along the Hutt Road the speed was increased to 20 miles, arid here again there waa no dust. The terms of the new by-law will be discussed at the next meeting of the council. . '--•'.• „ Messrs.' Hay ward and ; Co., the wellknown picture proprietors of Wellington, have acquired the lease' of the Petone Palace Theatre, and will take over the concern next Saturday. The following crew has been selected for the Petone ex-Navals to row against Wellington Boating Club in the annual cutter'race for the "White Horse whisky trophy, which takes place early next month :-F. Ryan (cox), L. Pnrront, Sharon, Instono, Fraser, Martin, Whitley. Miller, Villars. i ' The annual general meeting of the Petone Commercial Club was held last evenin". when the following office-bearers were elected:-President, Dr. Harding; vice-presidents, Messrs. A. Carter and H. J. Palmer; secretarv. Mr. D. J. l'raser; committee, Messrs. W. On lodder. A.Cowie, A. Coles. E. Jones, ]•.. lleid, E. Baftersbv; auditors, Messrs. J. 1. Castle and C. Harper.