HUTT & PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1985, 16 February 1914, Page 2

HUTT & PETONE NEWS.

FMIE-AT THE LOWER HtJTT. . rtrom Qar Sdcolsl Corresip.oatfent.> At 9.30 on Saturday evening a tworoomed cottage at Lower Butt (near; tho.Hutt Park) was coniplotely dostroy- [ etl byfli'c. 'Owiiifj to its isolation, nothing conld bft-doiio towards combating the flames. Tlio house was owned by Mr.. Cl\as. Tiioms, of Nai i\ai, and.' \vas_ insured isi the State Office for £30. A fisherman named Wdlkm HoMruan was the 'occupier ami he lost every-: including aiiaSsortittont of nets, ■S/cfarde's other elleeis valued at £30. The . ovipin. .of the.fire is unknown, _•..;. ; ■On Satii.rcl'aJ? 'al't'ern'ocin, ' tUo ' Btero* I tauriga Boating Chib held-a liarboiif. ex:eursion'. '|li 6 -,feiTj-boat-;. Duchess Hyns • . chartered for tlio ■.fiecasioi! from the ' Eastbourne Council, and'.about 860 persons made the trip. The da.y was an ideal one, thfl water sinooth, and the pftsseiijjers sjjent a most anjoyntllc time.'' Tho object of the venture .Was to provide funds to purchase- a marine telescopo fa- tho chib, and' ib is nhderstooil that sufficient will be raised by Saturday's venture-to: secure one. The principal siahi -on the trip was the : wroek' of the Ijcvon. TJid' , aiimiiil" Stimlriy-scliohl picnic -hi., fonucetibu with St. Augustine 1 s.ClHireh ! /Potono) was hold at the Htitt Park on ! Saturday,' and was largely attended by I adults as writ as children. The latter , I were catered'For:in' liberal fashion both in tho way of entertainment and. refresliiiieut,