HUTT & PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1975, 4 February 1914, Page 4

HUTT & PETONE NEWS.

, ffranj tHir Sfiecisl . I'estefday morning a man 'whose behaviour had been peculiar was taken.by Oonstnbto Cameron, of Lower Btitt, from Wainui to Wellington for medical examination. : A erieket match will be played this afternoon on tho Pctoiio Recreation Ground between teams representing the J. C. Williamson Opera Company and Olio selected by Mr. It. Dansey. The annual'picnic of tho Poton© •Wo'rkmghien's Club will be lield at Maidstone- Park, Tipper Hutt, on Saturday week. The ohib lias authorised tho . committee to consider and report upon. the question of building a social halt on the vacant section adjoining the club's property, Petone Avenue. Tho three candidates for the forthcoming .Mayoral election at Lower i£utt,{ Dr. Purdy and Messrs. Baldwin and Dattson, will be asked by tho Western Hutt Electors' Association to address householders at as early a date as possible. . " , A scheme by which tho -whole- of tho scenic portion of tho I'ercy Estate may be acquired by the I'ctono Council i's shortly to be brought forward by on© of tho fxjuiic-illoTs. . On Monday evening the fortnightly meeting of the Portcko Lodge, U.A.0.D., w,a-3 held an St. A-iigustiiie's Hail, Potato, Bj?o. Jowett, A.1)., presiding. Three members were' declared oil the sick fund. An amount was donated to ■ two sister Lodges for tho benefit of sick members; Two propositions were re-i c'oived for membership-. A commission was set_ up to consider tho advisability o.f forming a Juvoliilo Lodge, and it is anticipated there will bo a- largo number |of applicants for iftembership-i