HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 419, 30 January 1909, Page 7

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

■"'; (mbai ouu srEOUL nEroMEn.)' . . ■■■'.'■■•■ ■ —: —~* —r— -'■ ;; . ". \ UPPER HUTT ITEMS. . Building operations continue, brisk. : .The ,'new post, offico is almost' ready, for handing ovo'r to tjio Department, and the official opening will-probably tako placc:bflf6re the end .of February. "A nimour ia in circulation , ■ that certain postal officials havo been raking ! : the. past for historical allusions to be- included in tho Prime Mimster'svspccch. :. The now school additions are" going ahead .fast; The contractor—Mr. Job Harrison— is makiiifj; excellent. prog'resSj arid expects to hand'.the work over before the expiration of the contract 'time—March'. 22. >v.Meantime' •ho has made application 'to"tho'ilocal ..School Committee that the- "infants' school bo not after the holidaj-B; until his con- , tract is completed! : The ; letter has been referred to tho Wellington':'Education Board for"direction in the' matter,-as ! .tho local icommittc'G .cannot fjnd'.-a suitablo place to hold school for tbo junior pupils. ' Tliero js. not a single!untonanted house, in ■(the 'town' district;;-. 'Now-comers : have had to go into i lodgings pending tho completion of houses in course of erection. Mr.R,-. G. Mabey's",house is .nearly out of the contractor's hands, as also is a dwelling erected for Mr. Gillies. ; Mr. Lynch has entered his now: two-decker dwelling, and'.Mr. Shafr is making .'rapid progress with ' his concrete house. Mr.; M'Nabb is -putting the finishing touches'to two'dwelliiigii for Mr. ; F. O'Leary. ■Additions,are being made-to the dwellings of Mrs. Allan' and. Mr. "Ey\ Jones, {.and an ex-, .tensive., addition is ..being .';(mado to ..the plumbing: arid tinsmith's, premises of -Mr."-W.-Goodwin. Mr.. Harrison, who is putting :iip Mr. H,..G..:Mabey's .dwelling-house, has secured-the contract , for a house on.the. Te Keinga.Block for Mr.• G. ! Hutchins. The.extensions to Messrs.-Benge : and Pratt's.store and Mr;' T. 'Cooper's■: confectionery, and 'greengrocery have: bccrirconipleted.... ' : : .'The .Upper Hutt Social Club's fortnightly ladies' night; was'. well attended, the club room, being-.taxed to its' utmost.:, Mesdamea A.. Cunningham ,and A. .Martin acted, as chaperones -for. the Management Committee,' and ■an excellent programme of classic and dandb ;musio was -rendered, by tho "club's,or-•-'ohestraV■'.'lt is.lntended :by. the club to hold ari exhibition in ..the'month of March—floral,. .horticultural, and' homo : and local industries will be, tho principal ■'. secjiions of the. show. The-recent,.club ooncort, in;aid of ..the club, piandifuii'd and-the ■school prize,fuiid has,re-! siilted iii a substantial surnlu'sV', The 'School Committee will .conseuiionUj'-r-owiiig.lto.'the. ■'Efforts' of the■: Social Club—find - itself : in .pos-. Session,: of eiifEcferit ; funds•• \ \award:>-■; all: 'Scholars a-'.prize. >'.■ •- ~ .:■-.-!,:'■.>.:::■..■;:-:,'...:: ■'J-. The : Town. Board, holds-a --special:, meeting; tp-hight: ;to '- fix the... statutory, .'weekly.': half-; holiday. '...In."mil 'probability, the dayVifixed upon will 'be Wednesda)', ; '.aß : at present/..i- • ..-': AVea-thor returns to hand show that.fpr the month of December fell at Upper Hutt on "nine days/.as.cphipared with 16 days at tower'"Hutt, 13 at jWaiwetu, at AVainui-o-niatv 12.'at. Karori, at ! Miramar, and 11 : - at ; Wellington observation, stations.' : The "Mecca: of-'-Hawke's.'flay—Hastinp;s' : -6howed; 15. day.B.on "which, rain' foil, at Whanawhima ■■and'lSVat/Mii'rao.kakaho!:';'' ■..:...•'..:V:.:' , . i'The•'committee' formed.to deal with matters. ■relating, to'the' inewly-formed: Salvage Corps ■for. the district, met on Monday last, but had 'to'.a'djourn r for "a:>yiek; owing to' the. non r «,r-. jrivaltof: a number of -replies to inquiries, relatirig to .equipment::'.! ;'•;'..; '-.. ■■-■■'..■ .:: '.- - ■■'- , : '',TheVstock,sale.ihis^iveek"..was.-one.of. the. ,best ! fever" held'here j and/Messrs. Dalgetyare :'to': bOiConßratulated ..upon., the ■success : at-. -ionding, tho ; sales held :.urider their,: aus-, ,piceS./.': : : .;-."; .- ; : i- J '■',- ■■.-.■- ; .-\-: -' ; ■• '•'.'•■ '■'■>: '^.': : hr v'QTTiiviCs.; ;! ':.^;.'^: ':^-.^ : '- :■"),The -question, of-:plumbers', 'licehsesv .will /again cpme:-befpre. ; tho/Pot6ne'Borough Cpun-; "cil'ilt' noxfc-imeeting, 1 when;Councillor'.South-., .gate'will move:. "That any'.applicant for a : jiperise, )who-'has', not:': a -tecbriical : school .'certificate, • if: he iproyes ; that'.>.he' has. 'Jwoii'.at;the tfadp: forVififteen.:years,"and;is'.' 'pvtor 3§: bp-;grauted: the license, : if''- ho,%passes., M practiCalv: fixamiriation - '• arinstructor of ■ tlib I Teohnical . 'Schpol; applicants:- : .under 35 ■years-.'pf/mge.to.have' .the .usual■■certificate.' , .'.-.'- ■ ■-;Ai i ;gd*od-:numbor, of interested, people .will liitakef 'ffio-tri ,j v 'to'^YoUiugt'on'this .morning to", 'l(eat ; of the magistrates', in" the'; Hutt lifcensmg:inquiry;'":, ; ':}';■;'■■'. ./■'-:.-'.:' i■'..'•''Th'e.'Vsenior,'■".'qrickefcrniatches,. Waiwetu :.;v.. ;''pid:''Bbys,'find'--T'e'torio , ':' , vv\^eirt6yn-j , '-wiß'-' b'o rbsumba.: tho grounds; this .'after-■npoti.'-V'.'-'i ; : ,V; : '{. :'- ''y~-' v ;■ \'-■'■„■'''■■' i■■ \.'.i\;,,y : :'. :■' ■'•'Yesterday''afternoon,Mr. D;-:M : 'Kerizie.was'; re-elected to',-a' : seat■ on the. Petone Technical School'-;■ Board, :.as representative'':' of''; tho Petorip'Railway' Workshops .Soddon 'Memorial ■ Fund;:' Mri;VW.; 6i;-'I); Evans 'was tho'' other' oandidatt.'.;'-' v'' 7 ,-' 1 :,"';':''■> ''. .: :> /.