HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 645, 23 October 1909, Page 6

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

IFrom Our Scfclal Kecarter.l ■ ;. THE TAITA CEMETERY. Depression in trade, is "not a ' matter to'be rejoiced over as a goneral -rule, . and' when a firm or corporation; is involved in financial difficulties, that fact, does not usually indicate a healthy ; state., of "affairs among the community j but, there is n, ; .body at Lower Hutt— the Taita Cemetery .Trustees—whose monetary difficulties,-,,if they result .from lack of custom, indicate : that the population "of the Valley is a thriving ono. The cemetery lis - maintained by contributions-from-, the .various religious. denominations; and for some/timo'.past ...the , trustees have'had their balance on the wrong'side, should be'taken over-by the Lower Hutt Bor-ough-Council, other local bodies. contributing to the cost. Most-of the local-,bodies, agreed,' but the Hutt Borough Council was unwilling to accept the charge, preferring to donate a .sum towards relieving , the trustees. The> trustees, however, caniiot accept Contributions from local bodies without , an amendment ] to . their empowering Act,"so that they are'iiow' in a' quandary. They.'intend'lo ,hold a' meeting next week to dec-ido oh-a course of action. Probably : they, ; wili again approach, the Hutt Borough' Council with'.a. deputation.'- ,< : i'i' - .. - 1 -' .JOTTINGS. 1 ' . ' It. washbped that plans and specifications for the Completion :of the , Hutt .'.drainage scheme ih'.sections-"by : contract would-be ready 'for ;presentatioii' : at. the next '"meeting ;of - tho Hutt (( .Boro!ugh' Council, : ,\but as Mr. Laing.Measqn, w%\has ".undertaken?. has 'been ', taken 'ill';" it is "thought that the matter. . willi havoM be.doferred-for .anothor 'fortnight; .'!Wit]yihf>.[i)l|dsan' at present before .it, : tlie 'councilm!! consider' the question of how the remainder,of : th^.work should-';be done,"- and, it. ,-is ( reported^ 1 the'.-obtaining 'of for jts,.carrying quL'-' 1 ;, 1; ' 'J'-v >' • 'j The wet jiveather of thie last few-"days-, has - ' seriously'. increased the potato blight "' and' ot!ioi;'.'troubles in the ncighbblirhood of Taita,; 'and, unless a good spell of hot weather .'comes,and comes soon, -, many-potato - crops in tho valley;.; jvill. be practically ruined. 1 THe''ann,ual. meeting of the Petone Commercial''Club ;is to bo . held early next month; Financial,, matter's in connection with the' recent .'of'/Northern Union -footballers to Auckland, .have' not beta- finally "Settled," but it is expected that the executive officers' will soon be' able, t.o report that the league l has ,'a little money, in hand 'with' which."to ! commence next season. " , ''' ' ■" It is expected that Mr.' W/'S. Short, of the Roads section of tho . Public -Works Department,'who sat recently" to- adjudicate upon the claims of the Hutt and Petone Borough Councils for the'control of the Gear Island, mil present his-Teport and recommendation ■ to; the Government t to-day. ■ ; , i>, t, : The -boys of the j Petone' West..School haw- 1 hot yet been formed into a-cadet corps, and brie of the bbstaclos'.to the.'immediate formation of a body of cadets io the Jack of funds to" purchase uniform These are. not-sup-plied by the Government, .though belts, rifles, etc., are, therefore the committeo of the school has-to'cast about for a bait or a net. to catch the" nimble-shilling;Arproposaly "originating .With' 1 Ml'. iße'dingiield,'headmaster-, of :the school, is. bn foot'to-givo.an entertainment at an early date, in < which entertainment a cantata, will | be the ■ leading■ feature ' For somo time 'tho Methodist- services in 'Petonorhave' been- conducted in tho Oddfellows' . Hall," owing to' rebuilding being in progress at the church.' ' Now," however; the buildihg 'is '-' almost completed, the extension being- practically "finished, and the. work on the interior is being pushed, on rapidly.