HUTT VALLEY NEWS

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 137, 6 March 1931, Page 5

HUTT VALLEY NEWS

PROVISION OF WORK Improvements at Hutt 260 MEN EMPLOYED' When the Government announced its No. 5 scheme to relieve unemployment, the Lower Hutt Borough Council submitted a schedule of works estimated to cost £6OOO. The starting of the work has been the means of giving employment to 260 men. The works include gorse-clearing in several areas, notably along the Waiwetu Stream, and the creating of new reserves. A number of men have been engaged on street-clearing work. Kiddiford Park has been extended eastward along Black Creek, and a sheltered area provided for tree and shrub-planting. A dangerous corner at Tirohanga Road is being improved. The most important work, however, is being done on the 'Waiwetu Road. The crown of the road is being reduced, and excavation to • required levels proceeding apace. When the top metal is replaced, the road will be greatly improved, and be capable also of carrying its quota ot heavy traffic. A responsible officer of the Lower Hutt Borough Council said yesterday that he regretted that more such work was not permitted to be'done under the No. 5 scheme. It was of much greater benefit to the district and to the country as a whole than grubbing gorse. He suggested that were such works fostered by the Government, a natural consequence would be the creation of further work for drainlayers, plumbers, and other trades, with, of course, the necessary labourers’ assistance, and a reduction in the ranks of the unemployed automatically effected. PETONE DENTAL CLINIC Second Annual Meeting The second annual meeting of the Petone Dental Clinic was held in the Petone Central School last night, Mr. J. C. Burns presiding. The chairman referred to the fact that the clinic was not supported by the' parents as it should be. This, he said, was evidenced by the faet that although over five hundred children passed through the clinic, a collection box placed in a conspicuous position in it, secured ten and sixpence only for the year. An appreciative vote of thanks was accorded to the retiring nurse, Nurse McCormick, who will leave to-day for England. Her place will be taken temporarily by Nurse Benn. Two permanent appointments will be made shortly. The officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows President, Mr. D. McKenzie; chairman, Mr. J. C. Burns; secretary, .Mr. G. Fairbairn; treasurer, Mr. W. Taplln; committee, Mesdames S teffen - son and Townsend, and Mr. Steffenson (Petone West School), Messrs. J. Hanna (Petone Central), V. E. Noble (Wiltord), H. E. Fleet, and Huggins (Koro Koro). LOWER HUTT COURT Presiding over the Lower Hutt Magistrate’s Court, Mr. T. B. McNeil, S.M., dealt with several police and by-law cases. Overtaking and passing a vehicle at an intersection cost Cyril James Osborne £2, On a charge of negligent driving Maurice James Fitzgerald was fined £3. Arthur Thomas Burton, for using a motor-cycle without number plates, was without a license cost George Stannard £l. , Charged with riding a bicycle on a railway foot bridge, Ronald Arthur Garner was fined £l, and for a similar offence Joseph Andrew was fined 10/-. Found drunk In charge of a horse in a public place, Jesse Burling was fined £2, In default seven days’ imprisonment, and for using obscene language in a public place he was fined £l. By consent an order was made against Joseph Robert Bartosh, adjudging him the father of the child of Cora Muriel Webley, and ordering him-to pay maintenance at the rate of 12/6 a week. Application was made by Arthur Neville Pepper for a variation of his maintenance order of 30/- a week, In force against him in respect of his wife. The order was not changed, but the arrears were reduced from £2O/15/- to £5. HUTT CRICKET FIXTURES The following are the fixtures for the Hutt Valley Cricket Association’s inter-club games to-morrow: — Woollen Mills v. East End, on Petone Recreation Ground; ‘‘Chronicle’’ B v. Gear, on Petone Recreation Ground; Sawmillers v. "Chronicle” A, at Wilford. SCHOOL TO BE REBUILT The Wellington Education Board has decided upon an early rebuilding of Whiteman’s Valley School, which was destroyed by fire a few weeks ago. Arrangements have been made by the board to purchase half an acre of land adjoining the present school site, and as soon as the plans and specifications are ready tenders for the new building will be called. The board has already received a grant for the school and laud.