HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1303, 5 December 1911, Page 5

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

(lum Our Own Correspondent.) » LOWER HUTT COURT. The monthly sitting of the Lower Hutt Magistrate's Court was held yesterday, before Dr. A. M'Artlmr, S.M. There were also on the Bench Messrs. Cudby and Wilkin, Justices of the Peace. Tho borough inspector (Mr. A. Mills) proceeded against I.athan Hamilton and lirnest Mothes for riding bicycles on the Main fioad at night without lights. Each defendant was lined 55., with costs 7s. For being on licensed premises, namely, the Taita Hotel, on November 1, when same were directed to bo closed, William Alsop, Georgo Johnson, and Herbert IM wards were prosecuted by the police. Evidence was to the effect that tho police visited tho premises on the night in question, and discovered the threo defendants coming out at five minutes to 11. A conviction was entered in each case, with a fine of 20s„ and costs 7s. Another charge was brought against Edwards, that of failing to give his namo to Constable Holmes when it was demanded of him. He was convicted and ordered to pay costs 7s. 13. H. Parker claimed from Goo. Williams tho sum of <£10 for damage dons by defendant's horses to his hedge. After tho evidence had been heard, judgment was entered for plaintiff for 10s., with costs and solicitor's fees, <£2 lGs. Mr. Bunny appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Wilford for defendant. j Geo. M'llvrido sued Wise and Son for £1 Is. 6d., for work done in connection with repairs to a baker's carl. Judgment was entered for the amount claimed, with costs Gs.' Mr. Cracroft Wilson! appeared for plaintiff. Geo. M'llvrido also sued Fritz W. F. Dolling for 11a. 6d., for repairs to a trap, judgment' was entered for defendant, no costs allowed either party. In tho undefended civil cases, judgment was entered for plaintiff bv default as follows:—Jas. Bell v. Wm. Kipa, £1 1 Gs. Gd., costs 155.; Geo. M'llvride v. Stuart M'Clelland, 19s. Gd., costs 15s. In the judgment summons case of Jabez Woolridgo v. Robert Lucas, claim ,£1 55., no order was made. —_ FIRE AT LOWER HUTT. A fire occurred at tho Lower Hutt at 10.30. last evening, tho outbreak being a house occupied by Mr. R. Hall, milkman, on the Main Street. It commenced in one of the bedrooms, tho curtains having caught fire. The brigade arrived promptly, and quenched the blaze. The damage done is estimated at about £5. PETONE FIRE BOARD. A special meeting of tho Petone Fire Board was held yesterday, for tho purpose of considering tho report from Messrs. Strartz and Hugo, on thodosigns for tho new firo station for Petone. It ps resolved, on tho motion of Mr. Short, to accept the design of Mr. Mitchell, of Wellington, and to submit same for tho approval of the Minister, and secure the necessary authorisation to spend -£2500 on tho work. FLYING WITHOUT AN ENGINE. A AT REST IN THE AIR. ' MR. O. WRIGHT'S FEAT. In his new improved glider Mr. Orville Wright, at New York, on October ID, performed the unique feat of remaining motionless in the air, at tho height of 125 ft., for a space of five seconds. The new machine is an aeroplane without propcllors, and is the outcome of Mr. Wright's efforts to perfect a device to apply power to movable wings in imitation of the flight of birds. The experiments which the inventor, with the assistance of Mr. Alexander Ogilvie, of London, and his brother Mr. Lonn Wright, is conducting above the sand dunes near Kill Devil Hill life-sav-mg station. North Carolina, are beta" watched with tho utmost interest. Before he had the misfortune to fall and smash the bi-plano Mr. Wright twice brought himself to a complete standstill in tho air. The new biplane, which differs from its-predecessors more particularly in its elevating apparatus, is not fitted with an engine. With Mr. Orville Wright seated 'ii j levers, .the slider was carried "to the top of a sandhill 00ft. high. A twenty-five miles wind was biowiitcr. ' Mr Ogilvie and Mr. Lorin Wright, grasped the poles near the front of tho machine and started lo run.

At a signal .from Mr. Orvillo Wri»ht thev released their hold of the biplSne and it soarejP 125 ft into the air. Mr! fll? ti 1 "i 0 tlu! '. cv ? rs »nd JF 0 ' w bilo Mr. Ogilvic's watch ticked five seconds, tho biplano remained m a fixed position. It then started forward again and alighted ns gently as a bird on the ground after a flight of one minute fit teen seconds. 1

"A world's record!" exclaimed Mr. Ugilvio triumphantly. Two more glides wire made, the machine remaining in Hie air, despite a gusty wind, for twenty and thirty seconds respectively. At his fourth attempt Mr. Wright duplicated his. iirst performance, keeping the biplane 111 a fixed i>osition« emiec i an accident. ru° inn c sh ? fc ,"P war(ls 60ft, and then fell 30tt... seemingly performing a someri? i ' l Vn S ht succeeded in rightin" the planes about lift, above tho ground" but tho machine descended v/itb a crash to the ground, the inventor being hurled from Ins seat. He turned a doublo somersau t, but rose instantly uninjured and rushed back to examine tho broken wiiiss 01 the biplane. s "I am perfectly satisfied," he said "Hiif the (Mils have demonstrated ijevond doubt that I can hold the biplane in a fixed position tor a considerable time Ihero are, however, some defects in the machine, which I can speedily remedy "— "Daily Mail." * j- . Messrs. J. H. Bethuno and Co announce in our auction columns that today, Tuesday, at 2.30 p.m., at their rooms, under instructions from tho Public Trustee, and by direction under the wi I of tho late Mr. P. T. Fair, they are holding an auction sale of investment shares. Tho list includes shares in tho following companies National Insurance Company,. Aew Zealand Investment, Mort'ago and Deposit Company, Ltd., Gear Meat Company, and Standard Insurance Company. These will be sold in lots to suit the requirements 0 f buyers. Further particulars may lie obtained on application to tho auctioneers, or to tho Public Trustee. Under instructions from the Registrar of the Supreme Court, the firm are also submitting a residential property in Vogeltown. This comprises laud having an area of 37 perches, situated in ICrull Street, Vogeltown, on which stands a dwelling of 7 rooms with conveniences. Details appear in tile ad-vcrti.-H'.ment, awl any further information may bo obtained from Mr. C. \V. Trin°hani, solicitor, Lambton Quay, or "from the auctioneers.

The district in the immediate nci"hbourliood of Hastings, itawke's Hay °is fur-fnmwl I'or its rich Hats, which 'are particularly adapted for i dairying, and stock fattening, and it; is a very ditticnlt matter to acquire any of this in small areas. For this reason itwill to pleasant reading to many that mi area of over 100(1 neves, within four miles of Hastings, will | )( . offered at auction by -Messrs. Dalgctv and Co., Ltd., in conjunction with .Mr. .T. I!. Lammzc, at !Janting:!, on January 10 next. This will bo subdivided into "39 sections, from 5 acres to i:jli acres, and will bo sold on particularly easy term;. Full particulars Ti'lU appear later,