HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 223, 13 June 1908, Page 6

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Tho Hutt Social and Athletic Club, which was successfully started on Thursday night, has an ambitious programme* for tho future. It is proposed to equip tho gymnasium with apparatus to meet all tho requirements. of an > up-to-date training hall. This .will requiro_ funds, and the members inted to lose no timo in raising tho requisito. amount. Tho gymnasium will be in chargo of Mr. Parker, and tho classes will meet on Monday and Thursday evenings. Saturday evenings will be reserved for the social side of the organisation. Tho Main Road boyond tho northern boundary of tho borough will soon bear evidence of tho devastating hand of man. The road lino has boon put back eleven feet along tho wholo length_ of the grontage of Mason's Gardens. This will necessitate tho uprooting of tho present thorn hedge and a number of the largo 'pin'o and gum trees which are growing outside tho new boundary. Tho work has already boon started. Similar oporations are proposed whenever tho road lino is cncroacliod upon. The work will greatly improvo the road for traffic, though it may suffer from tho' artistic point of viow. The Borough Council .sat again last night ■in connecion,pfiseao ii,s r,lke,-saefh stsees in comihitteo to considor the estimates for tho coming a year._ Tho Skating Rink still continues to maintain its popularity as a pleasuro resort, and seoms to gain in favour every it is open. A "poster" costumo night is in preparation for an early date. Speaking at'the opening of tho' Hutt Social and Athletic Club on Thursday night, tho Mayor (Mr. T. A. Peterkin) appealed strongly to the young men and boys present to abstain from cigarette smoking. "It was," lie said, "a most' pernicious habit, and brought in its train a .host of ailments and diseaso."

social evoning was held by tho' church workers of St. James's Parish last ovoning.. Owing' to tho heavy rain the attendance was somewhat meagre, but a most enjoyable evening was spent.