HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1939, 23 December 1913, Page 8

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

I ■". (From Our Special CorreHMcleUt,)

, A rcp'resentativo gathering .of Huit Valley friends assembled at. tbo Trenthiiiu' Hotel on Siinday evening to bid adieu tu Mr. James Cheetljani ( of - Whiteninn's Valley. who is leaving Cor Feilding after thirty years residence in the district. Mr. Thomas Edwards presided; Tlie health of the guest was drunk with musical houoavs, and a line rug was presented as a slight token of remembrance.

TJio jubilco of St. John's (Anglican) Church, Trentham, takes place on Sunday next, when the Bishop of Wellington will preach in the evening. . , At the Petone Salvation Army Barracks last evening a Christmas tree for the young folks was lipid. Tickets had bcoii sold previously, and tr> fhe creat enioyment of the children Santa Claus called their number and presented each with 'something of! the tree, giving a proetiiis to ene.h at the same time.

"Jack Frail" also created great amuse-ment,-the character being sustained by

Master M'C'allum, while ilie part- of Father Christmas was acted bv Mr. W. Whit!.- y.

■■ The iintf-vosrlv meeting o? the. Poneke Lodge, N0."21, U.A.0.1)'., was held last evening. lint. .Towel t. A.1)., presiding over a.good attendance. The balancesheet showed the value of the various funds as under:—Sick and funeral fund. iIMDI Vis. 0(1.; mniuigemonl fun<], £117 l-s:'.!)d.; cpeeinl death levy fund. .£-'l3 135.\4d.; and the contingency fund, .CCS 7s.- lid.:. The invested moneys are:— C'-MOn, on mortgage at G per cent.: £113 1 .Is':. i:l.. in t'.Ci. lknk; £13 10s. Id. in fl'.n.ik'(ir.'NGvv Zealand lotsil. £2G03 Os. There nre'siTo...ftnat';cia! and live hca.' n;crsl)c: 5.