HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 489, 23 April 1909, Page 6

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

''■ t; : •'"' ,"'.' '~.'.*.'■ ■''.'. 'f;,-sA' / y';^Vi'^'OiOTR>^AWATO-^^-'\ ■ :■:.;Another;ex-Mariawahi : .;Raiiway em'ployeo.'has: ;been place(r:iu'a^Governmerit'pbsiti^ri; ; which-is' alleged, to:bo. fi enior to. that iii-'which.; : he. i served'tho railway company.' This'; latest '■development: has. been .npticod. : nrs'tr.by'...thc: ketone,-handsv and : it V is' '.'stated.' thnt^thota'ttentiori'i.'of i' 'theauthorities .will,bo drawn; It; is\'cer-: tain, however, that /no change "Wiffibo? effected until judgment has'been given:in .the .'coEO'now beforo'tho Supremo ■ Court.',■'.'. ■'."'■■■:& .-.;i'.,;.:■.v>i'

. Tho.idissatisfaction -now. expressed isi.'ovor. tho ■appointment oft; a leading hand ,in the painters department at Napier. ; Since the' company's affairs came.under tho control'.of: £he Oovornment, ft appears that this employee; until ho was transferred to ; Napier a few.'weeks'' ago, had been in the Manawatu shops in Wellington, and it. is alleged ■ that ho was not previously a leading' hand in tho company's service. There are no special circumstances attaolied to the appointment, and the contention of-the Government men in this,.as in tho other case, is that tho newcomers are not entitled, to' senior positions 6imply becauso their wages with tho Manawatu Company may have been higher than tho salaries paid to government men engaged, on similar work. Wono of the late Manawatu Company's paintors have yet been transferred to Petono Railway Workshops.. . CASUALS AT PETONE WORKSHOPS. /.' Report came from Addin'gton recently"-that a' number.of casual employees at the workshops thero had been dismissed, and it was believed that, following up the retrenchment scheme mapped out by tho Government, the same staff reduction would bo made in the other railway centres. ..-The Dominion representative was interned yesterday that since that announcement was made, no casual hands have been put off i i' i ft ""though rumours have been circulated that a batch of sixty were about to be suspended. In view of the fact that only a couple of months ago there were, a number of dismissals in the casual ranks, it is not considered liely that more will have to cease work. Still a-number of the employees hold the opposite opinion, and declare.that an order WoSM day for the ' , down

' PETONE NOMINATIONS. W„°,^if a B OI S/ or Ma yor a nd council of the borough of Petone closed at noon yesterday. STf^Tl lllatl ° n w?s'received for the office of. Mayor, but an election .will,be required for XI ?T w' fee being eleven nominations, t™ ™a\ W ' M E 7 an . Mayor, who has been reT™«i^T°r d * -i vas nominated by William wTfri W ; Q " H ? nT r> Samuel Carter, and Wn? - , NIChO^ n ; :M T- served on the 'ftom !qnS UnCl i *? s > x years, from 1900-3, and for thl it 1 ? nd he h as been Mayor of Petone Hutt ty yearS ' ? a of the ■turn Valley Tramway Board, and is hi™ <i Hn± r,^^? Ui 5 gto VP" bou lingtonDistrict Hospii hi 'Board, :Hutt Park &te^Bo P ard°. ne B ° ard ' *• Ta «* for .the council.are as folbv b\ Abrah >m .Castle, nominated y *A™„n\ Ncboson and.B. C. Warnes. ~ ■ TtiMUr . t l d Co 1 ?,?. 1101 "!, nominated by Thomas p M'Ewan Robert Moore Robert MUno Wakefield, and Sydney!. Cart ?! mm'nJ m Hard ing (Dr.), nominated by TJ» n m wTT ancl Ribald Colquhoun. Kaph.Holbs Jones, nominated by Robert S. w¥,H ames ., Ausfel ' oswa ld %ton7Her tJw? '■**$• nominated by John teW 1113 and Henry. Joseph Oakley? Walt o? Snort, : nominated bv William Inghs and Herbert Alfred Ryder. Kobert John-Southgate, nominated bv Wil-' w;i£V nd Herbert ilfred SX m7ff Trneman,- nominated by J. Collett T. Eiddler, J. Sharpe, and G. T London Pi^C'^ ter # nominated by H. Inriis 7 ' - WlUiam M'Ewan, and m^\ WiV^^r™° rge X otm S' nominated' by' John & '. Note.-* Present councillor; f ex-councillor. PETONE BIFLE CLUB. :• The annual smoke! :'concert:..of Petone Rifl* Club was hold on Wednesday evening and wal attended byabout thirty members. Wur^ Trophies, were presented to the year's prizeampionship shield and gold medal, Mr. J. Carter; Mr. G. A. Chapman's trophy for runner-up m championship, Mr. C. W Mellor; trophy presented by patron (Mr. A. A* W' &• 9" W. Mellor/Mr. 1 A. BalUnger's trophy, Mr. A. Butler; Mr. W. H. Ballinier's *%&' M f : J - a E Mr. C. Hpßs trophy, Mr. S. Knight; Mr. F. JemfeVs's 'Mr P C y * w'J^T ! >£ -■ Burt's tophy mv %• W V M ellor; Mr C.E. Bollard's trophy Mr" 1S hS Mr< fc Lndwig's trophy : Mr! I?! H B otrT ; t' VWal^