HUTT AND PETONE NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 714, 13 January 1910, Page 6

HUTT AND PETONE NOTES.

(From. Onr Ssecial OorresnondonU' v!•/ r TAITA CEMETEEY TEUSTEES. A. special meeting-.; of' the Taita Caxc&-', -■ .tery Trustees was held yesterday after*.', noon, - there being,', present:■' Messrs. 1 W. •. Welsh ' (chairman); MTJwan,/ Wakeham,--Dr.-.Haiding,''and J.'.T. Nott : (secretaiy). It was'resolved'that:the three' local boa-; , ies (Petono' Borough Council, Hutt Borough- Council,' and Hntt; County Council); • interested be each- invited to:appoint two delegates for the purpose ofdrawing up . an : agreement relative to the : management"; of the': cemetery,,' this, draftv agreement to. . ; bo afterwards approved by eaph council.. : The. secretaiy presented-the.-financial statement, .which showed' a debit balance' of JS2S. ;;;v.r^ v ' ' MEETING OF EATEPAYEES. > A meeting of ratepayers -was held inthe -Oddfellows' Hall,- Petone,'last,evening"for-:; the purpose,of considering loan-proposals-:; for the sums of ; JEBOO -and ,£6550, ;respoo-; Jtively, : !,toVcover'.'; ■Wilson 1 ' Street' and -:';uivjrt north Y.-ards, formation of street' 1 exte*£iaion, and divert- . ,ing Percy's stream . aiid aL'io 1 for tho purpose of providing-, a system/of drainage' • for. lands. north : of, the 'Potone gtop-baoL *. The -Mayor ■ (Mr. ;J.: W. iAl'Ewan),' who v presided, : ibriefly ; explained 11 - these proposals, .and.. pointed' out, that tho : loans had. already been, authorised, but in order to take advantage ; : of tho provisions of the" Loans, to Locil Bodies Act. a now poll, was i necessary.; .The; i Minister for Pinanco.had agreed to grant the money : required us soon/.as the. necessary ;eteps i had been taken.'! •. Tho. speaker further' "explained that the ratepayers. in 1 accenting the hew proposals/would-enable tha / council to euect an'', annual saving;, of. .. .£ll6. ; ;A motion approving the-loan.proposals; ■was carried, and a poll will bo taken on Friday,'-January 28. • ' .- ;■ LODGE MEETING Tho Hope of Petone Lodge of Good Templars met m tho Eanfurly Hall, Pe- v tone, last evening, Bro. T. Townsond, L.D., -presiding over a good attendance of members. Mrs. Foster was duly irdtjatad . : into ;the. Order. A very iileasant erening , : ' : was spent, tho features being a geographi- 1 cal; 'guessing competition, ,etc',, and harmony., Next meeting will be .devoted to a sisters' competition. There was'a good. attendance of members at tho meeting of 1 ■ the Juvenile Temple, which was held prior to ; the /meeting of the idult lodgo. - Bro. TJ' Townsend and Sis.'Denby, .the superintendents,:, were i n charge.