HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 191, 7 May 1908, Page 9

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

• y..-.-. HUTT FIRE BRIGADE. t : -Tha monthlv meeting of thcHutt Pire Briv .. gncl'e ; was;lield, last night, Captain, Slinft pro-, . " .^Thf'Secretary' stated that, the Brigade would, „ ■ 'have,' in "the'course of a-week; or, two, an amJ! butanes 'which" would. be available . r, for. lhe usa 'of the'public. -An offer had-been- , L. .niado of a section near the V.I.C. Store for the • ■ y: Fire Brigade as a station as long as the land [: wn's in .its 'present.. condition. . :.-.. .■ •-'-The monthly report .was read, showing thattho; fires' for- the past month .had been, coped ■' 'with : successfully by the Brigade.; The new firo station at Alicotown had been completed, ■~.. Unit the 'firebell previously on-the bridge had . l; -.Wan re-eiectcd on;' the building there. . i- •fV>MK.-'«G.v.'M?llvride.• presented- the Brigade , ~, with >:.frftmed;\plioto group of the .delegates ' ' to'-the.recent conference at Masterton.. .•• ■ ... , -VltL was resolved,to ■ notify .Messrs. Peters and ■ ;. . f -Soil that'..in future alarms no horse would be . ; } . ..feduirodr-and' \tlmt,. the.agreement by can- ... 1 celled."' ■ • '. ■ • - Lieut.'M'llvrido offered two ladders .for the • / • uSe" of 'the Prigado. ' The offer was: accepted h- -with ' thanks;, and it. was resolved that, they ; bo-,placed'at: the Ali'cetown fire station. ?■ - , 'It was resolveclrthat an Amusements Com- ; mitteo.rbe- appointed,-'.to .consist: of Devererix, Bruuton, Koran, MaUle, secretary, .- ' ; : - and the.captain..- .... - . . v --,'-' ! Tlier'o being a vacancy for a messenger to-.. . . the' Brigade; it'was resolved to hold over an . „ '■ .appointment:till next meeting. , v. ■ ■' -.A;- committee has been formed to endeavour- ; -to",-.raise' the necessary funds to;-enable the'-" '■I to invite the next Conference of Fire „i ' Brigades to sit at- the Lower Hutt. . ' ''Tho Primitive Jlethodist . Church, Petone,. • , " ftceived the resignation; of Jlr. Kees Watkins, . P -their' choirmaster, last week., with regret. A . i 'Vote :'of .thanks was'recorded by, the trustees ■ 'and. choir.'', for.services rendered during 'his . ; . . .'.term;of ;v. ■ ■■