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HUTT AND PETONE NEWS

V The coal supply for the Petone gasworks is very low at present, and the greatest care ivill have to ho exercised by consumers not to use nny more gas than is absolutely necessary. As a result of the recent heavy traffio to the races along the Hutt Bond, that •n'i 0 are ' s Ilolv a very bad state. Potholes abound and deep ruts caused through the heavy traffic make riding «n the rond at present most unpleasant. At the last meeting of the Petone District High School Committee the headmaster reported that the average attendance for the month had ljccnSecondary department: Boys, 19; girls, 23. Primary department: Boys, 351; girls, 3i3. During the quarter several members of the staff had resigned. Miss C. C. Braddock, M.A., left last month to take advantage of an Arts Travelling Scholarship awarded her by the New Zealand ttmversily. Miss IT. Blaiker and Miss Thomson had also recently resigned, Miss Thomson having secured a position in the staff of the Wellington Smith School, nnd Miss Blaiker joining the staff of Thames High School. Another member of the staff, Miss Scott, it was stated, wrfcld leaving shortly. The death occurred at Grevtown Hospital yesterday morning of Mr. T. W. King, a well-known resident of Petone, and a son of the Into Mr. George King, of the Esplanade. The who returned from the front somo time (igo, was a sufferer from influenza during the recent opidemic. Ho had been working for some time, past in the Wairarapa district, but last week suddenly developed pneumonia. He was removed to the Greylown Hospital, whero he died yesterday morning.

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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 250, 16 July 1919, Page 11

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HUTT AND PETONE NEWS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 250, 16 July 1919, Page 11

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 250, 16 July 1919, Page 11

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