HUTT & PETONE NEWS. (From Our Special Correspondent.)

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2114, 3 April 1914, Page 3

HUTT & PETONE NEWS. (From Our Special Correspondent.)

The funeral of tiio lite Mr. J. Cixldifffl, who i'ltet with a fatal accident while at work oil the wharves last Tiiestfiiy., took place Yesterday at the Taiia Conieioiy aiid was followed by a iarge number of friends and members of the AVelliugtan Wharf I/a.tsoiirefs' Union. . Mr. Caldwell was 43 years of tfgs 1 and : was born. in Tyrone, County Deny, licaiid. lie came to New &alaud about j eight years ago and was. fof some time ' ■caretaker of the IWne Main and High ! ! Sdiools. Do leaves a widow and toil. The J'otune iJotoHgh Council has itg'reea to' contribute oiuS-sixth of til© epst of the i'o rui a tic n of the road bel uefii the 1 lult pipe ljridge ami the ; WaisVetii bridge, as fllTftnged at the re- : cent conf.qr&Me of the local bodies interested. Provision is made that a foot- j" path be laid down on the northern side : of the read, the work to be done 'to the approval >oi' the engineer of tire Lower Hutf. Borough Council. it, has also bean dedefed to ©all attention to the sharp angle at which the road joins ~ the Wniwotu bridge, with a request that ■ it- be' moderated. The liOWiir H'ntt Court returns for the [ quarter clftfcg .March 31 are as follow: I'laints issued) 103; amount sued for. £843 2s. 4(1.; aniouiit r<?.GOverad, £1?$ 4s. S.d.; summonses served, 88; distro.s warrants issued, S. Sixty-three perGoiis ,' were swMuonecf or apprehended. -aiid 59' wore summarily convicted and fined. Civil'fees amounted to £31 ]»;.: criinwat fefls-, £12 95.; and:' fines ■ £32 Is* five sittings of the Court were held [ diiring tile quarter. | Vital statistics tor tile, quarter ended : I March 31 show that t-hftre we.t'e3-l births and eight deaths in IVione; 33 births and II deaths were .registered at Lower Ikutv A 'tacit performance was given at King George's Theatre, Lower Hutt, last eveunivj, in aid of the local Anns-. tear At 111 tit ic Club, During. ill p. evon- ■ ing medals wen, presented to the win- : " ei ' s of the junior and schoolboys' ' events. , i . ■ The J'etoile Municipal Band will tender a p,fogMmni;6 of imisfc in : ."street on Saturday evening list wlhen ■ coljectioii ,wiU be taken un iu aid of the upper Butt Relief Fund.