HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 492, 27 April 1909, Page 8

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

(fROH OCE SPECIAL nEPORTKR.) ■' '■ " " « ' PETONE BOROUGH AFFAIRS. : :Mr. J. W. M-Ewan, Mayor-elect, will, in tho Oddfellows', Hall, to-night (Tiicsday), at :' 8. o clock, givo a resume ot the work of the past year ana outline'the policy -proposed to be sub- ' vetted, for consideration of-the'new: council.■ The public debt, , gasworks, .sanitary., service, ..wharf, .pure-milk,.'amalgamation,-•'and'. other questions,; will be dealt with. Candidates for the council will have an opportunity, of stating their, views. . 7590 PETONE MAGISTRATE'S COURT. - of the Magistrate's Court, was held in the Oddfellows', Hall, Petono, 'yesterday morning, Dr. M'Arthur, S.M., presiding, and jiHi him Messrs. 11. Mothcs and W. Inglis, ; ; Joseph William Lockyer failed to attend-in answer to. the charge that he had driven a cart in' Jackson Street without' lights. He was nnea 6s. and ■ Court: costs (75.), in:'default 21 -nours , imprisonment.- Robert -.-Donagliuo. oharged with cycling without - a r 'light, was : niied in, the samo amount. Qeorge ICitt was , convicted, and ordered to pay/costs, for having lelt a vehicle unattended in Jackson Street. Un a charge of having .attempted to use . an 6xpiwd t railway ticket between Ngahauranga «u f« Richard Apps was fined 55., in, tferault 48 hours. Georgo Henry Wil- } lan } Parsons, prohibited persons, charged with haying been found in tlie Victoria Hotel, wore ordered ,to pay 7s. Court costs, m : default 21 hours imprisonment. A word; of warning was uttered by the, magistrate . when . the case ! of ■ James. . Wilson pame before ; him.. Accused, '.a prohibited person, who pleaded:, guilty to ' a' ; charge:; of having obtained liquor, was- ordered f°i ffg. '. s :- default -21 hours.: ,Ho' was, told , that, m the event of his committing, an--OUW be brought up before P' e Wellington Court and- dispatched, to Pakair »liouis,Trumani),.-simt' lariy. . charged, _was convicted arid ' ordered to pay costs, in default 24 hours' imprisonment. .Spencer: George Rad-„ Thomas Henry Bell,.were brought up for failing to erect signboards 'over' their premises, and were ordered to defray the . Court In' ! / n - cas , The latter accused was lined 40s. (or seven days) for. neglecting to keep register., of articles bought. A horse, tres- . passing on tho railway line brought down a °f. 7s. on_ Harry Thbmas Sheppard. He, mth ; his brother, James,-also, pleaded guiltyto trespassing_ on the. line themselves, and tlie .Court■ imposed a fine 6f 9s. (0r,24 hours' im-prl?t"sen^-im , caso ' For having removed a child, Eileen_M Anally, from the licensed ,foa:er home of Harriet Entwhistle, without : an iorder from the Secretary .- for . ; Education, Charles and Florence M'Anally ,were convicted and - discharged with a caution. , Two parents named Clement and Alullaney were fined (the -former. 4s. and the latter 10s.) "for 'having allowed, their children to absent themselves irom * school. ■'In. the. following civil-cases the Court'entered % f or plaintiffs by 'default :-Frank l™!' Joseph Tipene, X 3 ss. 6d., and 15s. costs; John Cotton, and: Son v.'William Eng. t> u" F&.f 1 10s - w -' costs; Ada Higginson : v. Robert AViseman, £2 '125., Gd„ and .ss! costs; Harry v. George Parker, 1 15s„ and ss. costs; Webley and Co. v. Richard Gregory, 12s. 6d.,- and ss. costs. . ' '• for .an icecream cart was the subj_ect-, of. a daim of 10s. .laid by Hurrell and Oronm (Mr. R. P. Smith) against George Gillington. The .evidence ; of. plaintiffs. was that the cart had been made' in their factory, and the price agreed upon had been JC9 10s. Orily . j 11 "' ° een paid. John Eerslake, ice-cream vendor, deposed' that defendant"had offered w in art r te 4 10 ' sta^in ? that h had "°°st him £3 10s. In defence, it was stated had been the 1 figure: mentioned, and, only after : Sr'-°j' v ■'' 4 been; completed, had the plaintills declared the price to be >69 10s. Jud;:ment was given for plaintiffs for the amount claimed, with £1 lis. costs. . .. , , :

; . BEFORE DISPERSING. ; At -the conclusion of business at Petono Bor- • • ;ast t eminft the' Mayor (Mr.'J: W.-MEwanV thanked the council for the sup.port/which they had accorded" him during the 1 past two years. He could say truly that the present council had worked well together, and ©i r deliberations had not been those. of a ■ wnof lL a iM ir Ji 10 V societ > r: ' He would -flunk .most heartily the three councillors not seekinc 'Coles,, Lodder, and him 1 the , help which/had extended to Councillor A. Coles expressed thanks, and congratulated the Mayor on .being again returned unopposed. This showed that his actions had been appreciated by the people, and he did not think that the council could get a man who would study _the affairs of tho lorough to better purpose. ; He trusted that the drainage scheme would'be_ pushed.ahead;,'lie. would be .proud to see the Mayor bring this much-needed undertaking to pass during Ms terra of office. Ihe other councillors spoke on similar lines.

H. ST. AUGUSTINE'S CHUKCH. , annual report of the vestry of St. Augustine s Church, Petone, which is to be submitted to. parishioners, states that in the near : future consideration must be riven to the matter of painting the church and to the provision of help for the vicar. With tho , ever-increasing population of tho district the work required of him was becoming heavier In order that the \work' of tho ; Church might be properly carried out, the. vestry solicited the hearty co-operation of tho parishioners in contributing regularly and systematically towards the church, funds. Duriug the year the hall had been thoroughly renovated,, and a room for ! the louiiff Mens Club had been erected at the rear of tho church. Tho annual bazaar organised., by the members of tho Ladies' Guild lad

been an'unprecedented success, resulting in the sum of .£IOO. being paid off the - church debt, thus reducing it ;ro ; The gymkana, ar- • ranged by the C.E.M.S.; for the: same purpose, had realised the sum of t£l6 19s.Arrangements had been, made,for 'the heating of the church during the coming winter, aud.a sick and needy iind had been established; The receipts -7s. .had;,been «£lO2 17s.: r 9d. \in excels of those for thb • previous fyear;Y Offertories ac- , counted lor .£362; subscriptions for ,£lO7 and a bazaar for showed, an iri- . crease 0f:478, the chiirclr debt'being reduced j - as against «£GO the previous year; In- ! dobtedftess was expressed to'Mrs.'.Clement Kirk, Sladden, and: Mr. Monk for. attention ; ; to' the gardens.and lawns; and' to the various helpers in other deportments. Sympathy was expressed : with the vicar, the Rev. J. Delacourt i Russell,, m his ill-health. . ■: ••••■•: [" THE FLOOD IN THE HTJTT. RIVER; ■; ; n M '.*£ * a ? known that an exceptionally.heavy. I • floo i had .taken place m the. Hutt Oliver, and ► as tho-subjection- and v Control' of ; that powerit ♦•Pit 1 ! i l3 a ' ma tter of .•public concern m the t Hutt Valley, a. representative of The Dominion, : took the opportunity to call : on : Mr. • Laing- ( Meason, M.lnst.C.E., and interview him on tho , subject.-. Mr. Laing-Meason stated that the 1 fl°o, d of . last week was Undoubtedly the highest 1 obtained.since holiasbeen connected ; with the river, now between 11 or 12 years. On ■ the day, after the flood, Mr. Laing-Mcason' n, a n t 6: an ,» is P«bon- of the works, .and found that no damage "whatever. had- resulted.The' cuannel-straightonmg operations,'- , which v lie' is ,now earring out, have proved jnost: successful, and this is evidenced by-the greatly decreased strain on the. deep-water protective'works in , the lower, reaches of the river, and their im- : muuty , from the. damage to which -they were 1 ? laWe " i engineer is- satisfied • ? ffiolen oy of^his -system of river training and improvement-by means of boom and . submerged groynes, ; and'.lie every confidence that when: the works designed' to be car: nctt; Out_ next summer- are- completed a greatlv improved channel will .'have , been established; » - JOTTINGS. '' - . J n°f '£ l ° by , th ® siib-commit: tee of Petone Borough Council with the' Wei' lmgton .Eugby,;Pootbair .Union .was confirmed the council at their final meeting last night. iattendances .of Petone .borough councillors at meetings, conferences, and committee Sir Rr ff Pitr year were as follow:-' Pnl'no n ( %r°, r >> Councillor A. ?;i w #-'• 5 ou " clllor ' Short. ■«; CounrllfL -Councillor J. G. ii'j sShK)!' Councillor H.. Baldwin gave an' address" on borough affairs in the Lower.-Hutt Town Hall 'last, Mr.. J. T. Hawthorn- was the chair, and/about .40 , ratepayers' 'i attended. /