HUUT & PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2012, 20 March 1914, Page 10

HUUT & PETONE NEWS.

I ' (From Our Special' S"

■■ - ■ ■■-'-'»■ " .■' , A Taita farmer has amiouiteed his it.teiitio.il of supplying niift on. and after April:i at 4cl. per ijimrt. As many rbs.id«ts liad.,cou:eluded that tho milk-vendors inteiwled to raiso 'the price on thai dato tlieir minds will he mado easy by a statement made- by the soercta-fy of the Hutt Valley Milk 'Vendors' Association (Mr. J, .IS" August) to the effect that the price of .milk will not he pised cm of after; April i. • The iHiinket 'nm-se who has been visiting Peteno for the past sis weeks in connection with .the Pctoim branch of the Society for tho-" Health of Women aiicl pliil'dron reports. Mwt 17 visit's had boon paid to assist mothers and babies. Fleyen eases had been treated, and tho : saaie number Were rinder treatment at present. . Milk hajf. been prepared-Jit ; lii'e hames, and 3§ mothers had vis.ited tho Slayor's roottij where the demonstrations are held. : ' Two visits had , been paid to IfjDj&er'. Haft and one to Lower Hutt.

At the monthly "At homo" of tho WvUT.TT. at Petonc Church of Christ Mrs, Rolv.se presided,-and Mr, H, 4finstead (evangelist) sp.ofre on "Sfbls-iil-Sebools" and "Gambling Attong Women." Mcsplames': Bultguist' and Ashby rendered ttorns:. and afternoon tea was provided. ,"

Mr. ■Hi Baldwin ■ .presided over a meeting o-f the tttitt Park Committee kst evening-. lease of the fWdhnftten Golf- GluJj was approvedi and the- olminnan's'vaotion in granting. Hie use of a- ground tor the tuVsieat trainiim of teachers from March 50 to April 11 was endorsed,- Major'Ssmwt (A Snimd, Mounted 'Rifles) was granted iwroiiss-Hm to use portion of the F«*fc tor military spurts'«ft April. 18; i Tiro, secretary was instructed to write, rev gaTditta damage <Som by horses to the golf liiflcs to the persons coiicenied.

. Tliii flia?rmaii stotod thai Rt. Augustine's. Hockey Club had applied for nti extension of time for their grounds, .and he had_ had granted this subject 'tothe committee's cinetioii, The com-mittee-was agreeable to the extension. Regarding 'he- pro-nosed road through t.lifi Butt Park." 'It was docidc'l :'thatthe committee make ft tour of frtsu&o tioij at ...n early dabs, and arrange- .the removal of certain buildings that are on the suggested roadway t

■At a meeting of the. ketone District : High Selwol Committee- teld last evening, the Ileariiiiaster's. report , stated that the attendaßGß had been as follows;—On roil at 'begjimiiig of uranth, 737 primary, 53 secondary; admitted during monthj 34 primary, 53 secandafy: withdrawn during Month, 33 primary, S3 Boeoivdafy; en roll on Match 13, ,73S prilnarjy 53 secondary j averago roll, 74.2 primary. 53 secondary;' aver* age half-yoarly attendance,, && primary, 515 secondary'j pcrfientage of attcrt(l> anee, 538.2 primary, 97 secondary. Tho report further stated that the roll niiunher Was slowly jupieasing.. There wjs ample accommodation for pupils in. themain' building, but pressure was toiling on the spaee in the infants' sclmof.. Though 40 scholars had bora drafted from ttte latter department there still remained BDo'pttpjfe ii) tho infants' department. Dr. Elizabeth. '6111111. Departmental Medical visited the school on March 3 and -iijipd examined 50 scholars in Standard II and 42 in other classes. 'ft Was decided to asft tho Education Board to' Greet an openair class-room to meet the difficulty of oyor-browding. in the infant department. The secretary (Mr. Kirk) reported that a gas account fer £1 had been presents <od, although the school, had been, elosed for more than four weeks. It was resolved that tiles attention of tho gas- '■ manager be called to the fart, It was ; decided to raise, the earetalwr's salary i from £70 to £30 per annum, the. increase to corimwncc mi April \, The chairman (Mr. D. M'KtMi'/M) referred' feelingly to .tho death of Hie late Rev. A, Tlioiiismi. and stated that a letter cxpressinft tho coiHlo-fcn.ee of the committee had been forwarded to Mrs. Thomson.. A motion of sympathy was passed.