HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 584, 12 August 1909, Page 9

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

•(From Our* Special ttepQFler.) -a-.. V,- .■ ;..V; LOWER HUTT SEPTIC TANK. ? The construction of tho septic t£}nk on tho . castbrn side of the Hutt Hivqr, in connec- ' tioii with the drainage sohenie, has been do, ' layed considerably through wet ••weather,-tat ' : .tha worli is spw"'«pariiig completion, .llio main 'portion of' the tank is Unishcd,, and tho'roof js on. Tho intercepting tank, tor . th'e' primary "reception of. tlio socage,- at ••■ the'-'reijr 'of the structyro,is tho only wit .tlpii'v awaiting' tho'; finishing. tpttcp.cs., .J»# pulping- engines, for tho disposal pf tho sewage, have arm'ed, and, as soon aa tho tank is fiiiishedj their erection can l>o coinr nasnocd. -By next month,. everything should ' ; be-in. uprising. order af regard? both septic '' .tanks*:' The; ■ lpaijj s h aye" yet to be started, . The ;-work' is 'proceeding under tho super? vision of.Vilr. - who has six men employed. Two of them, qre en-gaged'sA'-'w.iitOTTijs^ping.'oijly, • HUTT I'U'IS BRIDGE. LTh'e. 1 pipe, and traffic. bridge oyer- the Hutt River, Which is being : erected, partly to pror vidtT'a passage for/tho'. Wellington -.city water, mains from.Wainui-o-niata over the, river, arid; .partly for traffic .purposes, _ha§ pot yet >• assumed definite .shape.' '.Pilcrdnying 'is pro- } . ce«ling* -as expeditiously as possible, any i . teiujierj qngacb side of the river have been i driven! 'In' a" few days, however,. the .-first . .steps in a transformation scene Svill be taken, j aiicTit will not.be long before the piers (now i driven right down to ground level) aro . .biiilt up to the' height of tho arches, i and ' . eventually to the bridge level; t An altitude V, 6£'> about 20 feet in_somo' ,casosy-'.will be reUched.'- . A / d«scpption of. tlie method vof Joining the . u'pjfer piles - has already been published. - The cohtractbr . (Air.. D. Bourke) has over-.-twelye., mppths in 'which to com- •. -pltte tho bridge, but, as'far as operations hiVe gone, only about a men: have been put on. the'contract 'price was about , £13,700.

HUIT BOROUGO AFFAIRS. . 7Tl)e: end' of- the Hutt Borough tangle apr 'in sight, , or .nparly .in sight. The-'ooiuicll lias afßrmeil the < principle that i6l- iS ."elcsirabio .that .tho balanco of the .v/prks

' shpiild : be carried out, under the contract y ' system;;; find, plans .and. specifications aro to bo .prepared by:.-M»srsv 'Sjwson .'.iiid' iS*r-. •chant.-; It .'i§.:.'Jfip'".proHw'. r ' committee ; (a'ppoihte'd.' 'on Monday -night) to . goVthroiigh tlie. evidenep,... and submit, their hlidiiigs to tlio .council,* and : when the cdrn- '' .",ioitte(i';3 ■ report has been submitted, at -. the ■ cpuhcil mooting on Monday week it' may ba . •necessary te give notice of motion.' This, of course, niay have the. effect'of. causing, some further delay. •» ■. • . •

PETONE NAVALS,

. ■■ Thp.rec^t-weekly parade-of' the Eetono . un3er : Captain Ellis, waswell ati ' teiicfed; Thevarioussijuads "wore pat ■ through a preliminary examination by Sergt.- ■ Major M'Donald, R.iS T ,.Z.A.', and his staff of • xion-commissioned. officers, ;* with the result tlmtf:several, weak spots were discovered, • -WhiciiVwill .iu>w. bo strengthened ..before ...the annual examinations commence. On- the whole; members prayed thatthey were in'a : ' very , efficient sta,teindividually,' and only require a month or two of work together to get'.tliat combination which has characterised for ,so many years!' There' is. 'no dojiW'that th§ : solid -backing' of nonrcpminisr siojied;' officers whlcfi this, company poasesecis -' •'great way towards' keeping _ : iip tlio fihefVstaiidaird of 'efficiency to which thg . . company has attained, ag prejl as to lifs.. ranks ~a:mpst(lejsirablc class oj recruits . both - from. Petono and Wellington. • The . ' la^fef/cjijV:.'?! free passes on. ' theirailwiiy to Ngahaiiranga, where the corps drijjs';';the train .jeaying town at 7.'35 every 'Wesaay evening.': ... .' .•" . HUTT PIQEON CLUB'. •'.'.The'annual, meeting of; Hutt 'Valley' Horn- . . everiUlackbridgo, Lower Hutt, Am ■ M. W6i6li' 'priding. • r '''Th§ ; 'iiopQrt : and balauce- • slijsit-■! sftoweil the club' to have had" a. very ■ successful year, and to be in a good financial .ptjgition.; wijlv ,prospects' of ■ showing "'.eyeri.-results-during thpensuing , ; Oiiiceibearers for the ..yeaa wero ; Mr".' ; 'l\ .M.; Wilford, ALP,; vice-presidents, Messrs.'M;.. • Welchj}jJpa.[r^.o)iiig,-and Job Mabey; hon. secretary,'.23r.- J;,-rt'f ard. ./The" meeting closed ■ ... with ,'a' hearty . ; yote-of, thanks, t-o' the chair?, ■-.matt, and to,'.the., donors of : tropljies, '