HUTT AND PETONE NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 630, 6 October 1909, Page 5

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS

';';-',;i 4.V/?^;9^:SDi!clalHeportpr.) :>.:'.. & E'TECHN|CAL;SCHOOL' B'OARD'. ; "'•': '^^E^stlWCTlbN'OF-TEACHERS, 'v I °. ta^»/■o^tt School 1 :.,:, -neld.their usual meeting last night, when there , . ;:^ere ; ,pre*nt:,Thß Rev.- A. .Thomson (chair-. ■.. ;man), Akssrs. J. G.> Castle Fin- : / ; "•'.Rothes G.Dunc.an, J.,W.,M'Ewan, D.': :.- ;M Jvonzie,. A.- Coles, ,H.:,B,aldwin, and E. King'' (director)' -." '-•'v-.u;:.-:"': : •..'■"-.,;■;:.•,-■•:.. - -,-y : who took his'scat on'.the' : odard for-', the'first- time 'as' the 1 representative ;,of the.liducatioh Board,": was. welcomed'by the' ■■■.-■■•,• chairman, oh .behalf of'the managers.: :;,,: was-made'-by the; Petoue School .. . Lomrai ttee. for, permission to .erect a ininiatiiro . rille■range-alongside the Technical School for '-'.I?. 0 ., toe cadets. It was decided to-.'eply' . ;,, to tuo letter requesting the School Committee y:: : . 'toendeavour and find 1 some oKhev site. • • ;:.-.. •..■.■: .1 Mr.,lung'director: of tho '.technical School, ;• reported'that ho; thought; that. the. third term -'•.'»';• .would 'not,.bo.a; suitable, time for beginning- : V L . netf-coototecla'sses, ,It would; be'better, if the till the "beginning of ■:>■/.''-ivneit--'yen. tj-.'-;'v;:-■'.-■■''. .■■. , ' : .. ..- ■-•. : ---< ,-.> r ..'..i '-■'■' • iil^if^HP^ 1 ! ( thß <Kev.; A. moved ■: ,-■'.;, that,-- th.e;: director :'ba.. asked .to ascertain the v -.,exact. position in;regard to.:the-free .instruction ,-;:.:,«; pupil .teachers.'. There wore. some .teacher's,' '■:'.''••'•^..■M I }' S,qiUß into Wellington' on free passes, '■■■■■■■ ■-,£?" ist-tending the Technical School in tho city, ; to get instruction in'subjects, which they could 51 as.:wcir at'the Fetono ' Technical ■~'..-School.--,'■•.'. /.■.-■>,:;■ ,:. -.....■: . -S; : '-.mr. /KingY They must go' to 'the" teachers' ..,.,classes.'.-not the Technical School proper. 'And v :<they.-: get '.those classes free.' because of the -Government, .subsidy. - . •.- ■;' ■'-.; -i -•.. . .-. Well,.why..shouldn't we have ; , ■•:■'.■! saarei of, the Government subsidy?:. Wo are '■. ',u"i"ra,.'Capablo-bf : 'instructing'.'the "teachers h'ereS v . .and I do,not think.that they should be siren .:., free 'passes., to go. past iis'. ' ", •'.: '~-" ... . -::,TJie 'motion the' director' to in- • ■' rest-gate the'matter -was carried : unanimously. • 'On,.the'motion''of Mr. Knloy; it'was rtsolvcd ..'tovwrite.-ro.-the'Petone-Boromjh-. Council drew. ;.■■■-. '"ing; attention to;the state of the road.and light-' .: :■ .'.ing,qh; the 'approach '.to the school. '

::V: ;; S; i,:;^: : '''<'V' ■•••■■■^i.WMileV^iv'Ai'.ComottL'was^fiHin^'tha'.-tank-.'bi •his motoi -,bus: in" his': snedva't- the'Corner-.61 ■;. ;Hu tt '.Road, •-;and -Udy Street; '■ a bout 2.'SO .p.m. :.yesterday'a'tin of .benzi*e exploded, and,, for ;.:- fa short space 0 -ftime', the 'shed 'looked'-'as"if ,-. ":lt; wero-enveloped in,flames;'.---Mr: Oomettf. at' - '■■ O ")W:,BJ7e' the/alarm 'of fire, and'-the' workmen ." .'from. ;iUdys'-factory came'to- the- rescue "and .■;•. .:Pat:'iput.,-the-flames with' the ifactory hose.: ; .The.fire.brigade, under-Superintendent Lepper; ...were quickly on.the scene, but found that-the .:,., :-.;outprenk -, had .already been suppressed. :• .No ■. -, : .damage,- was --.done ..to': the shed, ..and the motor ■-,'.- ;bns.,,was, only slightly'.-'affected- by the-ex- ; ■ plosion. .;. Mr. i.C'oroetti. was ;rather .severely .'-. ; .burnt :ahout'tho. face.-"v. :\:":.-':':'' :!; ;.- '■•■•-,'■■ ; >:'.-" ;^ v ;POTATq,:BMffflT!.ATv^Tt'i.;',./'. ; ; ' ,'.::.'"Potato''crops, round about .Taita are : suffering , ,froni:-.what seems. -to •. bo' the < dreaded- : blight. : some cases i,t; is feared, that whole'.'fields will ~be .-affected," aid'-.this mayr mean"hdavy -"■joss M .'for.growers,r.growers, who; were looking forward :.-to: the, gopd_pnces.usually obtainable for'early '■'. Potatoes .The,.-early'appearance'.'.of the blight ■" ■ '.- ,s ' i . sf ' ld !?«■ t0,..-the 'protracted spells vof W\ Iweather, that -hive ''been "experienced; in-::-'the;;.distnct.- ..':';:-■>; : :: ■■:'.'.■.-;.."' ■.•■■",-■•/■.-;.. :.;;:-;h: ■:•;' : ",''. ,: : !^ T^?L 'ftjrtnwWly- meeting'of the.Poneke Lodge '■•:• ■iM-Vf-Pr-.-'.ra ß held, last-night, -8r0,,, Qoq'gn.v ■ ■' A --I?-«i,)iVesidmg.,. An HnvitaHoh. was received .v.frpm, .the.secretary: of tho-"Hu'tt and':Pet6he . ■: .Enepdly,Societies'.,Council,-.to';a social evening,' to. be, hold 'at.Lower Hutt '.on October 15: Visi-:.-:::tots.;.from.-the.; Star, "of New. Zealand":(Hiitt), '••:■■ :■ Lodges'' wefe 'pre. :■;: .Bent. .during the.,evehing,',;', L t :'..-■ ■■ 7..-"..'"',';'.'. .. ■" ; l : [ ''■> :: h-'if ';, •' ;;, T^e vGear-Inland:Commission-will resu'me' ! its" ■:.-. Sittings,hofqre :S.'Short' at the'Hutt ~- County. Council Chambers, ,at .10.30 this mom-';-,':'-.„ing..;.'.■;■■:■ :■'.- .- ." : '-';:•■• ■'•-:■•'' ■•:::' ■;■;■•;■ : ,- : ;---:'-.: '.:''?)u! i % w°°^ al '. meetingv,of', the -Lower • Hu'tt ~.,gireA"Bi'igade-is'to::boheld 'at* Lower Hutt .this, '.evening. - ' : .»—'*:• ,(*.-. • ■■-.■: ■■■ . :.A.t"the Lower Hutt'Court yesterday a Petone ..- -.resident..was.xonricted "on'fl,.charge of using obscene: language, ana" fined 25, "Th "default' 14 ,-. uoysf-imprisonment.;."'./.: :,.;. ..,,.:„';.■: