HUTT AND PETONE NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 738, 10 February 1910, Page 3

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS

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<; : ;; PBOPOSED.vNEW ; j'.r '■■. Considerable, interest'; is .being', shown' ;by.'tlie.residents of the* Upper : ,Hutt with, reference to,, the,, formation of a. local band. Ju connection therewith, a lnrgely'"attended meeting 'was held on"Tuesday night?, when, a committee, consisting of Messf&'>Ed wards, ■ Greig, Cndby.' Ma rtin,. .Spaj&man, Felling,-Armstrong,'Lambert,: J. ' f'i'ifljßangeV.'ttiid J. Geange, Goss;Green-i w/;,A■ -y ■' Jowett,,"was : set ...up", to ■ report u;SG; r ■ jjnd means:. Subscription lists ai '.-/■■f jht,round tl;e district, and an activwn-unyass for funds instituted..' ...■ ..■'■ • : ;.;. : ■,'■'■ '■!'■■ ' At . the 'fortnightly- sports■ nieetinf;':of the Petone .Junior Athletic Club, 'held on the' Recreation • Ground last -evening,the winners of;the heats and:final in.the 120 yards handicap were as follow-—First heat i M. Ryan (13yds.), 1; Parkcr,■ 12yds.v' 2.- Second,heatr Price,Myds., I; StrickInjid,v7yds., 2. '■■■ Third heat: -.Bold, 10yds.,. 1; Power,■ -,12yds.), 2. ,. Final: Strickland, i ;-_M; : -Kynn, 2. Time, 12;2-ssec.. /■There was.a_ very exciting finish in the. one- mile- handicap,VJi'Ewan (120 yds.), and Gore (80yds.) ; both-:ptit oir a. fine spurt'i Jf/Ewan just :reaching. 'the. tape linlf a yard in : 'fr6at of Gore. '. Praser finished in "the'- : third;'positioh;' : ■ ■'/■';!' .-._•■ ? v''^'■ '.V - : '' .-'■■ ■' : : ■ OUTINGX AT, DAY'S: BAY. v\:■. '■ .. The Petorie 1 Citizen's Band held' another of, their; excursions- to: Day's Bay last pvenihg. The -weather at .starting time looked threatening,; however, and consequently the attendance, was small. • Dancing on the green was indulged in.at the Bay.- ! :'"■.., ''-:;■ ''.v ; ;'v--r ':> : -'' '. : .'-.

. '.Vv? ■; ■',:. ]■ y A< meeting' of the Taita Cemetery Trustees was'held at Lower Hutblast evoning, there being present Messrs. E. P.-Buriny (cbairninn), Baldwin, Welch,' M'Ewan, and Hip secretary, Mr. Nott. -A'motion was adoptcdVto the effect "that the "Lower Hutt Borough Council take ove'ii complete control, of the. cemetery, subject to(the Petoiie Borough l Council' and the ■ Hutt County Council .agreeing. to the; proposal." An agreement, was accordingly-drawn *up, arid is to bi>.submitted to" the three local" tiodios: concerned, lor approval. -Should an ' understanding he arrived 'at,Mlic agreement., will be. forwarded to the 'Goyernor-iri-Council in' order' to. bring- nb6ut the transfer of: control..; ; ; - ' " '. ..

;-, •'-. : NO-LICENSE BAZAAE.:. : : The'Hutt Valloy No-Liconso bazaar, was opened in the Drill. , Hall, Petone.-yester-. day, , ,by Mr. T..M. Wilford.-.M.P. .There was , -'. ■■■&'! large attendance, and. vory ,fa"ir bnsines3 : was done. •.■Mγ.- W-ilfprd.'.in. the. course of his remarks, said that this was tho first No-License bazaar. which ;ho over had had tho-.pleasnrb o£ opening, nnd "air though.ho did not,altogether agree with some.of the, ways and , , means .sometimes adopted to solve the liquor problem, stillIno one could bo called a inan-who'refused i to help >uc!i Vα" causa as this. (Cheers.) I He believed 'in temperance—(cheers)—but tbo manner of 'bringing it about was, perhaps, where /lie did not .agree with some of. those 'present. ..However, -he wished thorn, every success,": and would formally, declare the bazaar open. ■-.- ■ '-.'. ' - "Business was>brisk in the ovening, and the usual good-humoured banter and chaffing.'.— .always- a pleasant'."feature" at successful bazaars—was uoticcablo whenover and wherever the knots of .-vendoi'S and buyers "clustered. "On tbo whole, 1.1n. , bazaar promises to be u'sreat'success. '■■

The following are. stallholders:—Lucky Boat, Master H. Donaldson; Aunt Sally, C. Lewis; Taucy"Stall, Mesdames .Aitchosorij ■ Cloutf, and Allen, and tho Messrs. Watkins;. Cocoa Stall,- A. E. AVright; Book Stall,-Mrs. Hunt,-Miss Ida House, Miss'Mnv'Sorenson; the Post Office, Master )i. -fiowoi-Xoagtie Stall, .Mrs. G. D. M'Bffan,' Mrs; Aishcr, Mrs. Corner, Mrs. Donaldson,"-.-Mis,s. Battersby; .Bnpatetlc, 1. Blakej'W.C.T.U., Mrs. Kibblewhite, Mrs Corner, Mrs. . Symons; Lower Hutt W.C.T.U.' Stall, Keade,' Mrs. Kavanagh; Sweets .Stall, Mesdames..Overton and Kirk; Sliooting Gallery, Mr. Hayward: ■ During .the evening ■ songs -wer 3 contributed by Mr. House and . Master Donaldson;. :'.. ;'■ ■ -.'• /.'-.:' !>-f'.