HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 503, 10 May 1909, Page 5

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

(FIIOM OUlt SPECIAL nEPOHTEB.) ■.-'. .'■'."'.'■' ;■■;';"',' ■•■■,-' '.'.' .' .'■ '.'-' .»',. ———-'':'.'] ', 'i.'.'" : .CHURCH PARADE. ":' ; ;: \; ; V.';.; -.- At; St. ;Augustine!s '(Anglican) Church, 'Petone,. a parade,of. the Navals, ■ the;,. Fire Brigade, and the' Petone Brass Band • was hold •yesterday .morning. '. This •is .the" first occasion on which a combined parade of tho .Navals.and the' Fire Brigade place. The Navals, under; Lieutenant Ellis,..had, a ■miister'of about 75.; Tho .other officers, pre-' sent were: Major Freeman,iLieutenant Price, and . :.Captain ■ Richardson.';, Superintendent Lepper had charge of: about twenty: firemen, and the Brass Band,' under Mr. It. Jones's conductorship, .numbered'lß. ; I -The church was crowded. Mr.; J. H. Sherwin' was atthe organ, and the choir sang a special anthem, "How Beautiful upon the Mountains."; The lesson's were .read..by ;Major Freeman'; and Lieutenant' Price. ■'. Chaplain-Major■ -Russell preached .from; Joshua jv, 13,- and described the character of .the great soldier'. Joshua— a type for the true Christian soldier/ Having been; connected with the Petone Narals for "eleven years, the Chaplain was able from personal to' commend the corps for efficiency and discipline. Ho heartily favoured, the: introduction of:a' system of urii.versal military training. In conclusion,.ho thankbd.the company for their; sympathy with him in his recent illness, and congratulated them on again winning the. Garrison Artillery Challenge Shield for'efficiency. '.Subsequently, the Fire Brigade > and the Navals wero. photographed, the latter : with thoir Challenge Shield (won' four years in succession) and Shooting Cup: ■';■.■ , ~i:,'■.K PETONE POLICE' COURT: ■ ''■[' . ; .-• Two cases came before Messrs'/R:' Mothes and R.W. Short,-J.P.!s, : at Petone Polico .Court.on Saturday. '■.;': . ''■'.'■ ■'Thomas: Cross, charged with: being drunk and disorderly in tho.bar of tho Victoria Hotel,,was fined.6s.,and a prohibition order was issuod against him.. • George-. Anderson was fined' £2 and costs for having made use of obscene languago in' .Petone Avenuo. ■ .'••