HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 642, 20 October 1909, Page 4

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

,',,. VlProm'-Our .SWbial licborlnr.i. "', . 'V, -:-,'■'' .'v.;" v' I '",'".', >; ——r—,'■ '■■'•.•'...-' ttAl'llSvASDVapyEnNMEK'i)' PHDPERTT.V •At a: special/meeting .of ..tho Pctbiio. Borough Council; held bhy Monday , nightf tho. Mayor. (Mr.,J. W. M'Ewan) fel'ei'i'cd'tb'the' circulars ,thnt had been sent but to. various councils, of the Ddmiuibn,' pointing" onVthat- thb iGoyerntticftt was ..escaping, thc.rmyhichj; of, rates, bti'.larid 'acquired, for,','workotr "Uw'ellihgs':'VHo" Btated that a. lbrgo number of replies had been received from tho. principal Dorbitghs, and, oh hiß.mbtlbh, it Was resolved that these comihfinicatibUSj With, n'tt' exglatiatbty letter, be forwarded.to tho .member for the district) iwitli VPV .l'epest" thbt Jn'ovVbrihlh'.'thd . lunttei' jtade'r'',' the:notice ■'■qj; tnp- Government:'as early, 'akposstblbV'..';','. V , "■,-'. l -■■ , - ■ -■-;■- ;■'-;- ;.-' ..' ; THAMWaY; ; '••':.. (|i deputation of t mßmbcfs of thb;Htttt l Tfdirt' ■way 'Board waited ott tho Prime. Minister on tMoudajr tb ask If.-tile Qdvefhincut Would gtaiit 'a'subsidy, or boar a portion bf, thb . pbssiblo -initial Idas oh tlld bropbscd Hutt slid Petohe tramway.;■ Mr,"Wilfbrdi-'M.Pi,.- t Who-intrbdu6bd tlib dbjihtdtion, stated. that the* llr,p,:wbuld,'. tap Government lnhd near Hutt ■PnfkVJatlecbursb,' Whilo; it alfeo toved tlio.'Wilfbrdilterbliiuiigav Pitt) tod".'■Kaißht ' settlements, ahd the .Nal Nhi Blbbk-.tit the.biid of the tfaiflWdy foutb. The GbvernMent : Was ' lhrgely interested: ill blbcks-of land pfbdiicihglittlb Bf, ho fevenue, put' WhicltWdlilU h666ffib hlt'hly profitable if the tfhmwny-'wbs.;bllllt.,-:-vThb Bofttd, a sn. ajiplied for a loanVat-3J.per-.ceht,-.under,.thb i Goybrn'. bient'sl nb\VV6bheme.■■'.;:. .. .;,: ; , ,■-.■•■'?<■::-.', V-Mr. J,' B',.;M'Ewdnj>Mnybr.;.of Pbtoiie, Said that thb Minister 'for ItnilWays was- willliig; to assist a,.8i1l to, givo thc'.Trahlwtty,. Bbard jidWer'-to"Vucqtiirc -theUihoiWheir .built.-?;V >'.: '.-The Primo Ministef roplied that trams Wbr'e being built in at least two other places that WoUld' sbrvb GbVetfliiibnt prapeftyi The question milst be looked at from'thb staudMht of the whdle country". He did not think the Gov Srnment WPUId get' mixed Up in thb Working Of-any tramway: system. They \Pertainly Would not join any private partnership hi a Uamway. ''He would, however, have thb pbsitibri fully'reported oh. As regai'ds thb loan, no difficulty would bo raised ;.if the Security was fight, and nothing exceptional;in -.that,' respect : Woulu ; bo required. -.■ "V.V;.V';.V.^■.'■ VI;.-' j'-.' : /':■;'.;;■,:'; ;; : ;^"' % |'! i.Sbme time ago "the -jeton'd '-.Sorbugh, Council bbnsidored the interests bf bathers- at Petonc tbeach by ereoting a number of dressing-rooms there. Last season these dressing-rooms proved : popular—too ; popular, apparently, for there' is a certain class of the community ■that forgets that in damaging,the council's '.property it is only injuring its awn. If the ■fooms afb ta bo' made use of this seaebn, bathers' who.Vfespect .tho.council.prbperty.Wil] either-haVb to shoulder - the work of Jrattihj sheds .in ;ordef-, Borbugt "OouticilVtb lobk to the "matter; ;'" ' V"" Mf.-E. J. Chapman, of tho PetonaVßailWaj Station .Btaffj-hasv-boen, transfbrrbd.. to., Fbild ■ ing,; -■; ~ ■ '■';'■ At a special'meeting ot the Petofle Borougl Council, hold on Monday evening, the tefldei of J. Mbxvfell'Cfbr'tho sanit&fy;service of,thi borough was,:accepted.; •.' /'""/■]y' "T"-.'■';; : Mr. fintt; statioftthaßtor, at Lower Hutt, ha: gbno to Wharigaroi on holiday leave, and, dur lhg his absence, Mr. Wilson (chief statioi blerk) is fulfilling thb duties bf statibntiiastbr A.bazaar in of Knbx Prosbyterlai Church is to,.be hold.ih tho'.Totfri Hall, Lowe: Hutt, to-day. .'lt will be opened by t Mr, J. W Duthie. In tho ovoning an entertainment wil bo provided by St. John's- minotrols,"of Wei lington.' The ladios of Knox Churoh liavi boon working for tho. bazaar tor. Vsjunb• tjrri past, and'.thero is'-'ovory' prospect of'thei effo'fta bbiug crbivnSd with'Vsueccss.V