HUTT AND PETONE NEWS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 508, 15 May 1909, Page 3

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS

ITBOH OUn SPECIAL nBPOMMUI TRAMWAY BOAED. Tho Hutt Valloy Tramway Board metst i'etonc last evening. Present: Messrs. JL. ■W: M'Ewan (chairman),. J. Austin, Bi ; Stevens, J. T., Hawthorn, R. J. Soatllij&te, ,H. Findlay, and H. Baldwin. further particulars of special motor tern* cars were submitted by ft WoUingtoa firm, and quotations regarding l a' certain steam bus wero laid before the board. Messrs. Bunny, i'etberick, and Ayaon ionwarded'a draft copy of the proposed amomt mg._ Bill, In it, Clauses 47 and 48 of tho original Act, dealing with ttia taking of x~ soparato poll in each borough on k»n proposals, were struck otrt. A. ocction wa® added, providing that a pafl should be tafeaa on the same lines as wore followed in tin election of board members. The poUingj places ; would be WeUirigtoa, Lower , Hntt. and l'otono. Tho Bill also providod for a) system of differential rating. On tho motions of Mr. Austin, the Bill. was referred back ta tho solicitors.,■ with instructions to fo&st out-the usual proceedings. .. . i ' Mr. I'. L. Harnett, land agent, of Lowaa Hutt, olfcrod ft section of six acres for sak as a power-house, and tramsheds b&q. Tha land had a'frontage of 300 feet to tho main street, and adjoined the Taino Bstatc. It was only five or. sir mimites walk from tho Hutt l'ost Office. The price was £930 per acre, the owner having made a rodnotion of £50 per acre "in order to place ttria splendid asset . within tne board's easy reach. £3500 of tho purchase nmncy could remain at live per cent., the whether for five or six acres, to be cash. The letter was ' filed, with other offers rot (eived.

The motion, of which Mr. Findlay hacß given notice, that meetings bo held monthly! in future, met with no opposition. ' Tho board decided to ask Mr. H. S. E consulting' electrical engineer, for a oora-> .prehensive report on electric, steam, and . petrel tramway systems, having regard fort the conditions of tho area proposed to bo served. ; "THE MOTHER OP I'ETONE," ' DEATH OF A PIONEER. Mrs. Anne Jackson, ono of tho old identities of Petono, passed away just before midnight on Thursday. , For. a long time. back she had boon invalided with rheumatism, but only a week ago complications set in which confined her to her room. 1 Mrs. Jackson was born/at Bath, 78-years ago,'and came' to 'Now Zealand iuthe ship, Dulto of about;: 1840; , with her": mother and only sister, the late Mrs. Solomon Levy. : The capital of the Dominion was hardly more than a name in thoso days, and 67 years ago no signs of Hutt or Petono had appeared. After'a short visit to tho Bay of. Islands, tho family returned to Wellington,' and the deceased lady had' 1 resided'in the district over sinco.- At tho ago of nineteen she was married to Sir. Thomas Wilson, of . Sydney, and tho couple lived at Lower -Hutt for some years..! The suburb 1 waß not' tho garden which it'is now. Settlers in thoso uncompromising times had struggles with their crops, tho rivor, and the Maoris. . An : armed patrol was ■ continually on the. roadj round tne village; in tho more serious, stages of,the Maori war. Tho floodsj too, ciusod no. little'hardship to tho pioneers, many, of whom suffored great loss/ Mrs/: H. A. Morris, daughter of Mr. T. W. M'Ken:de, and a.te- ; lativo of deceased, was caught in ono of the floods which constantly besieged the Hutt people in those times, and she relates how Mrs. ..Wilson and she were-imprisoned in tho upper story of their dwelling for'a whole fortnight beforo the flood abated,/ \ ■ Being loft a widow, she. married, in 1863, Mr. Edwin Jackson, lato councillor ln'Petono, who had considerable ! landed interests' in tho district. . "Pitoono" was still the haunt of tho Maori, and the river also intruded, frequently swamping tlio Valley. Situated on ,what,js _still known as thp',}lwsllixig: "Scaped the . flood-water's,l'nnd, "up,,tli<?rp wore --only a few houses! at . 'I'itoone" —tho end of the beach , then—tho'floods were comparatively harmless;]' \ Earthquakes were, of frequent occurronco.in Wellington, and brick chimnoys woro always toppling. Mr. Jackson died on April'3o, 1896, and his widovr continued to reside in Nelson Street. / . Mrs. Jackson )vas of, a cheerful disposition, and was greatly'beloved in tho district. Slio was a prominent member of the, Wesleyan Church, and at different periods held tho . position of president of the Petnne WomenV .Christian Tempreance r Jnion and of tho Wesleyan Ladies' Sowing . Guild.-.,' The main street' in,'. Petono was.- .named: after, the lato '- Mr.' Jackson/. Mrs. Jackson was knewn every..where as " tlw'Mothor. of ' Petono. "• Mrs; John Wakeliam and Mr, Joseph. Jackson, both of Nelson.Street, Petone,. are stepchildren! Deceased leaves; a half-sister ia 'Sydney, Mrs. ,G. M. Snolson, arid Mtsira.; E. ■ and' L. Buck, of - Wellington', /half-brothers, her.. The. Into Mri, T. TK. M'Kenzio, ono of tlio best-known of Wclling..ton's, early settlers,, was also a Lalf-sister. There are" four grandchildren; Mrs., Claudo. Wakelin, Miss Lily Jackson, and Masters Mark and Edwin' Jackson. ; ' ;• ' Tho funeral will lehvo her late residence .this afternoon_fqr tlio Anglican Cemetery, Bower .Hutt. The' Revs. J. D; ltusrcll and* A. J. Seamer will officiate. '. —— ' V.V; A! SUCCESSFUL BALL. Tho-annual butcliers' ball was held in tho Drill HaU, l'etono, last evening. About. UO couples attended, and tho function «eut off morrilv. Tho M.C.'swere Messis. (}. Gibbotis, E. Turner, W. Apps, and J. Pomfret, and music for.tho, dancing, was supplied by •Mrs. Pollock's orchestra.' A ..varied programme'was contributed to by a largo mini, ber of local residents, and Visitors. PRESBYTERIAN BAZAAR. ; ; Tho bazaar -held in' Petono Oddfellow# Ilall. in connection with St. David's Church; concluded last evening, after threo. days of sucocssful business. . It is- expected that a good round sum will be; added to tho funds of tho church as tho result of tlio sale. Prizes were distributed to tho winners of the competitions, 'and a bright programmo ' addod materially to the evening s onjoymont.

In the sohools': football match, South Wellington v. l'ctone, played yesterday, on; tho Athletic? I'arkj tho towri team swurtd viotory by 11 points to 3.. ■