HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 124, 18 February 1908, Page 7

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

A fire broke out' in ■ the;, riverbed immediately behind Father Lane'| igrounds at noon on Sunday, but fortunately was observed in time. Tho firebolls rang out, and the. brigade' was soon on the spot, and after a smart* skirmish defeated the enemy. ■: No'.damage of any moment wasdone, ■ r 'The carrying business'of Messrs. C. andW. T. Cudby, of the Hutt, which was established in the year 1847, and- has been- carried on continuously and successfully till the present day,. about to be disposed of- .tb Messrs. Anstiss and 'Simpson. • '.Mr. John Cudby, sen., J.P.,; was the founder . of the firm and ho/is still hale ;aijd! hearty,."; arid .until quite receqtly .took an active part in local politics.. •Mr. E. Antiss' is well known in connection with the Belle Vue Gardens. Tho annual school; treat of the District School' has been arranged for Friday, February -28, at Mason's. Gardens. "• -V The Petone No-License League held an-' other successful open-air meeting at the Upper Hutt oh Saturday evening.- The stand was taken in tho main road; and there was a good- audience. ■ The speakers were:—Messrs. Sussex,. Townsend, Nicholson, and House. It is intended to hold a meeting at Day's Bay and Muritai on Wednesday next. A'large butcher's shop has just been added to the fine block of shops at Lower Hutt known as Dovcreux'a Buildings.,' The shop has been.erected .to tho order-of Mr. F. AV. Devereus,-and will' be occupied by Messrs., Slim' and Carter, butchers. .It is of brick- and plaster, 23ft. wide, with two entrances, and is considered' to be one of I'Jthe finest of,;its size in'the Dominion. Mr. J. 0, Carlson, of. the Hutt,- was the architect, and Mr. 0. T. Baighent, contractor. A committco meeting of the Hutt :Valley Gun Club was held at John Young's Hotel, Hutt, last night, ■ It. was rfisolyed that tho nest, monthly, shoot shpuld take place on March 17, whoii a-nine-bird, sweop will be shot for, : togethor with Mr. 11. Hancock's trophy, valued at £3. A £25 handicap will be shot oft in April.at about raco meeting time, when a trophy, given by Mr. A. F. York ; will bo competed, for, ' Mr. D. M'Kenzio, of tlie Petone Railway Shops, must surely consider himself , a very much elected man, as representative of the subscribers to the. " Seddon' Memorial Collection of Models;" at Petone Technical School. It- has been twice reported in'the papers that Mr. M'Kenzie wals elected, but on each occasion the election has been declared invalid. Considerable interest was naturally aroused yesterday when the third election took placo. The same two nominations wore received, those of Messrs, D, M'Kenzie : and J. H. Shinyin, and Mr. d! M'Kenzie was again returned by a substantial majority.