HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2359, 15 January 1915, Page 7

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

(J 3 A meeting convened by the Petone 3 Borough Council in accordance with the > requirements of the Shops and Offices Act, in order to arrange a half-holiday j for the combined districts of Hutt and 1. Petone, lapsed last evening for the want of the statutory quorum'. The Hutt t Council's representative, Councillor i Ball, who had been instructed to supt port Saturday as the half-holiday, fail--1 ed to attend- The' Mayor of Petone : (Mr. J. W. M'Ewan), representing the ' local counc'il which advocated Wednes--5 day, stated that his duty would now be, as chairman of the convening aui. thority, to refor the matter to the e Minister for Internal Affairs (the Hon. b H. D. Bell) with a .view to having the L - day fixed. In doing so, he would state ! that the Petone Borough Council had I expressed the desire that the present :j half-holiday (Wednesday) should be re- | tained, and he would also present a .' petition signed by practically all the a shopkeepers at Lower Hutt requesting e thLt Wednesday be the half-holiday. "Personally," conoluded Mr. M'Ewan 6 "I should favour Saturday half-holidaj if it were universal." Mr. M'Ewai ® stated that,had the Hutt delegate at--5 tendod the meeting tho Wednesday halfholiday would have been carried, foi g the Act stated that (in the event of s deadlock regarding who shall take th< e chair) the convening body's representat live shall be chairman, and as Petone a is the convening body Wednesday woulc jj have been carried on the casting-vote. II A benefit was tendered last evening £ at Lower Hutt by the King George Pic ture Proprietary in aid of a fund for the r building of the body of the motor chassii i, to be used for fire brigade purposes, a The first annual meeting of the Hutl e Valley Building Society was held a 1 i- Petone last evening, the chairman (Mr, i- A. Anderson) presiding. The reporl h and balance-sheet (published) were 3 adopted. Messrs. Watson and Leadheater were elected directors, and Mr. e H. Fleet auditor. a =============