HUTT AND PETONE NEWS. (FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.)

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 426, 8 February 1909, Page 7

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS. (FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.)

% '%'f':■' • Sunday. ;!;V ; ;"';;.' .^ *'.Favoured by.' a' perfect .afternoon -yesterday, the Hospital Sunday.demoristrntioh'was Held'at :t)i6,Petone"Beorefttion Ground, :iu, tha presence' :of;atiput 1500'.spectators. -'At 3p,ra;,,a:long prpcessioh,-.. cohsistirigj o^Petone-Brass Balid, Eetbrie; Citizens'. Band; Wellington' Pipo Band,' First-Battalion Band,-Petone,Salvation'Army. ,;Baud,,,:Oddfel!dws,.- Druids,- Foresters, • Petohe :Navals;-.Hutt Valley, Rifles', Hutt.vPetpno, Gear,' ;audi: Workshops ;fins"brigades, and' :; St.: ; John Ambnlanbe,:Briga(lß (local) division)'/:left ;the railway/station, ''marched up ' Jabkson 'Street; controlled, by.' Marshal: Lepper, to : the Eecro'a-, ; Won -Ground.'. ,Dpon'' arrival, the',Mayor': (Mr. ;J.' j-;W. ; -Mlhvah) .addressed(the assemblage '-on i tjilj'isubjept. of the : demonstration.,- He quoted -■hospital ' statistics,-::dhd. showed tht('..neoessit\" I forv::bontributirig,>to its/.funds,::■': The''speaker. 1-alß.o^made :pnssing.' ; reference ;to the proposal -to :.establish 1 .!! cottagehospital in the ,Valleyi i: Selec. ■tlons >'ere then' given.-by .the: assembled: bands ':until, 5/p,nv.,v .>':';." ,-;■ ■;.:',-■ :\.-.: : V '.■'. Y... '■/, ,.;;- :,[,-': |.; ; ;-The':,u6uari,lady:. : colledtors ; were : busily'emI ployed; on Sunday!'-but they: were hot 'so-much 1m: evidence:as last year.: .Of,.theit:adventures,one:or;two';amußing.incidents are recorded. A woll-knbwn,-lpcal'.:idehtity. was 1 -approached'-by l 'ohe,pf..theiair.:p i erßuaders,'-. and he-felt in' his ■ pocket- for :av coin, ■ whioh'.':• ho; plhoed in-.-the ■box•-'.without' observing what' it .was. : Before 'it .had:':p;uite.-'drbpped'through: the aperture he ,fpund ; that -it. was a-half-nrPwn insteadof the 'uiore .modest'.; penny! !ns:,ho v'had'intended'and .lie ;trjed/to grab it", v : j The girl perceived- his! design;, and .forestalled' himby; completing its ;entry;mto the,box.-: Another.adventurbus.-daihe: ;maile.a descent'on.'n;Vowling:.club:T\'herocne was sur.e.of.scoring,'. ;She cerijaihly did score, but iherUcalculations ! ,were. slightly upset, by her /ignorance of; the, game..'.-"'She collected - donations .'from? evefy-'maruat -the end. of $he'-green ; near the pavilion* and tlierijiroceeded to attack those, at .the: distant end.'. To 'her surprise, sho ,'saw the same;:faoes; and thev told-her they •had 'contributed. : So. she retired a: puzzled ;wbman,i'not .'seeing, how '.half .'of ...her intended ■victim's, had eyadeutho-snare.... t<M Kr.:-;V:'';■ JOTTINGS/. >VUiHV.- ■'''. : , "the;' "Hutt Catholic; ■-School .(last :Monday) the "membership .was' 50; and ti.\ereare'n6w. oyer'6o in attendance.''.'-The numbir on.- the'.'roll lastt year was 100,; with' 'au_ average attendance of.'between 70 and 80: vThVcommittee-.set.Tjp, by the .Petone Borough .Counojl:io :gi into" the ! question of the '-allot-' ment:-of.;.g_ronnds ■:, fpr,l'tho, football -. season, 'has paid;ii visit »tb tho: recreation ground, and'in;yestigated■:. the', matter." ■'' ThV. committee. Will report at to-night's meeting of the .ccunoil.'. i A-nlajii.wiis'arrested- at;Petpne.op Saturday, might-by Constable/Murphy on. a chargd of stealing.a pair rof boots from M-Whirter's shop :in Jaakson Street; ■>'He;'will bo.formally.oliarged Vat-the Police Court ,this morning. -,: .. ; - ... ■ The'-annual retreat' of tho- Catholic clergy Mi'oininpnces: to-day at St. Patriok's College.,-.lt shoiilt} finish on Friday '.morning. ''-'',■ : ;'A,tai special;-meeting; of the School Mioses ,IC; Hunt: and 'F. Boss wore appointed assistant teachers for the primary sohool, :■'■';■. :' ; ;;:W '' - V-'-. •"" '•-' ' '.■•;."■■',