HUTT & PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2118, 8 April 1914, Page 4

HUTT & PETONE NEWS.

■ <Frem Our Ss&cial Coitftgpbftdeat.)' . Tie anuual meeting of tlm J?at<siie. Junwr Club ivjis imM on Mtjnday ovening, Mr. H. iS'anbivell frosidfjig. F.he report- stated that the- mearbeiship stood at 122, and dfectosed a >teady iuerca.se. This had;' .bee.ii. paltiqillarJy notiecablo during the Isisis three montlis or" this year, wljea the' roll uuniper had risen from 92 to HO-.'- The Athletic branch of the club \v-as progressing, favourably. Ah appeal was inade. tfl members to «nj«. doaveuf to increase 'the membership to 130. within ths> next three months. Votes of tha..ubs vet-a accorded, the retiring officers, the! eavetafcer (Mr, Hill), and Mr> 1\ Young for servifies tencjered. iu response to a comni»nicatipn from the I'efono Relief Ihmd Conitnitteo in conlrection »yith the Pgpqr H«tt disaster i.t'was unanimously d.ecided , that a. subEcription list should fee opened at the club, roqrns. A committee was elected to gather iu new members.' The follow, ing officers wera elected; far the ensuing year:—President, Mr. H. Ho&perj viceprosideats, JM-essrs. Ilafdham, iraser, iiud I,'atmer; sect'otary, Mr. S, ijtttnuaii; treasui'er, At?.-I). Wuson.j-auditor, air. It, OanncUi j conwnittce, Messrs, Biiup* son, iottiig, Atot&iKi, 'liimusQiij veU( and .il'ltityre; .iti«flib.ersiiip <:oin-L'liac-Oi Alessi's, AL. Ryan (coavciior),(Jorsoß,. llardbem, ftaserj. Brice, t'gjJws, Apliiij yimpsoOj and House» Whilst riding aleng. JaoUsou tjtroet, .Petpne yeste-TUay ftibi'uing, a cyclist (name unknowiO' co-Hided 'with a nm-tor-yan driven by Air. J. Cociirauo at tlie EicliiinoH'J Street interseation. The. cyclist wns knoekM down, thti front wlieoi of his matrhiilo twisted, a-ia-d tho forks badly bent, Tlio side panel and etoss of the van were shattered, but uo one was injtjre-d, , Tfeo (juarterjy business meeting of tlio Methocfisfc Clrareh (.Petonc Circuit) ivas i-teld last evening, the iio\-: j. J. Lewis presiding. Tiae balance-sheet sh.crtvod tliat the incoroo was a little less than the e-\pnndilure, and the report stated that tho mcmuersliip had increased by sis. The Sunday School report showed that the roll numbers tvefo as follows :— At Nelson Street, 14.5 scholars and 12 teachers; Jaokso.ii Street, 80 scholars amtl eight teachers; Waiiiui,"2o scholars and two leiwiiers. It was decided to forward a letlef to the chairman of tho Upper Hutt Town Board expressing tlja cotmeil's sympathy with those who had; been bereaved by the receiit calamity. A resolution -of sympathy was also passfid tf> Mr. and F. Lackwood cwicertunjj the dcatli ef tlicir daughter, Mrs. Newftll.- Tho resoltitioti β-n ttte Bible-in-Sohotils question is reported elsewhere.