HUTT AND PETONE NEWS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 154, 25 March 1919, Page 11

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS

' The harvest' thhiiKsgiving at tho Knox and Woburn Bond Presbyterian Churches was a great success on Sunday, the guts of fruit, vegetables, preserves, etc.,' being well up to previous years. At tho niorniii" service at Knox Church tho superintendent of the Berhamppro Oiplmimge, Mr Mills, gnvo an interesting account ot this work. The Presbyterian Orphanage work commenced at Dunedin some thirteen years ago, and now there wore homes all over New Zealand. This Church had urder its care more children than any other Protestant Church in New -Zealand. They owned property to tho value ot 'ijs 000, iind had JOO children 111 tho 'homes. They also supervised tho upuringiii" of a similar number that were boarded" out. He thanked the members of tho Cl'urch for so liberally donating tho largo array of good things which would be sent to the Berhiunpore Home. Iho SW children there would do full justice to the -fruit, etc. ~ The Enstern Hutt School Committee aivl sonic friends, under the lead _of Mr. H. Baldwin, formed themselves into a working bee on Saturday afternoon for the purpose of retarriiig l'Mtion, pi the Eastern Hutt School grounds. This will cii Mire dry feet for the children during tho wet weather. .'...' , , „ Little interest is being evidenced so lar in the forlliooining Borough Council election at Lower Hutt. . At last night's meeting of the Lower Hntl Borough Council His Worship , tno Mayor (Mr. E. V. Hishworth) referred to iv statement made by Councillor M ltcuKie, of the ■Wellington City Council, roKiinliinr the number of influenza' cases 111 the. Hiitt Valley. He stated that thqro was no call whatever for Iho alarmist statement of Councillor M'Kcnzie. At the time the statement was made there were only two cases in the valley, and as the valley extended from -I'elone Beach to the nimutiikas it was easily Been that there was no cause for alarm. At. tho present time there were four cases report-ed-one'in Potone, one in Lower Hult, one in Taita, and 0110 at Silverstrcam. ■U the Petono Police Court yesterday morning,' before Messrs. ,T. W. M'Ewan and A. Coles, S.V.'s. J. A. Mulholland, for insobriety, was convicted and tlisAt" last night's meeting of the Lower Hutt Borough Council it was decided, on the motion of Councillor Brnsscl, to enter a protest against the postal deliveryin Waterloo Uoiul and viouiity. Councillor Brassol stated that he was within a mno of the post office and.yet did. not got liH letters until about 12 noon. At last night's meeting of the Lower Hutt, Borougli Council a' resolution was pissed expressing, tliq council s sincere svmpatliv with tho widow and relatives of Mr. t. 0. Dawson. Mr. Dawson was for some lime a member of the council.'