HUTT VALLEY NEWS

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 68, 13 December 1932, Page 5

HUTT VALLEY NEWS

A motion imposing 10 per cent, penalty on unpaid rates was passed by the Petone Borough Council last night. Building permits to the value of £373 were issued by' the Petone Borough Council during November. Fees collected amounted to £2/10/-. Work on the new Petone . baths: is proceeding rapidly’. The small children’s bath has been completed, including the plastering and connections to the water main. The dressing sheds, with conveniences, are being erected. CLERGYMAN LEAVING Rev. W. E. Davies TO GO TO CHRISTCHURCH ■ After four years’ service as assistant curate at St. James’s Anglican Church, Lower Hutt, the Rev. W. E. Davies has accepted the position of vicar to the church at Fairlie, Christchurch, where he will take up his duties in February. Mr. Davies has played an active part in church life in the Hutt A alley, and especially in the youth movements. He was chairman of the churches at Taita, Epuni, and Belmont, chaplain of the Toe H movement in the Valley, and connected with the committee of the Hutt 1 alley Christian Youth Movement. Born in Colombo, Ceylon, Mr. Davies was educated at . the Wesley College

there, and later at. the Liverpool Grammar. School, England. In. 1928 he was ordained at St. John’s Church, Auckland. Before taking up the ministry the Rev. Mr. Davies had an adventurous 4$ years at sea with the merchant service. His voyages took him to most .parts of the world, and he was once shipwrecked near America. Paying a visit to Russia in 1922, he found life there fairly normal, and saw part of the country without a guide, although all letters and arms were confiscated. With others of the ship s crew, he played the local team at Soccer. Coming to New Zealand, he was for some years connected with the Civil Service in Wellington. In 1930 he married the eldest daughter of Archdeacon A. L. Hansell. 'Mrs. Davies is an old girl of Chilton St. James’s School, Lower Hutt, and graduated. B.A. at Victoria University.

SMITH FAMILY DRIVE Secretary Thanks Helpers “We desire to sincerely thank your paper for the valuable publicity given to the clothes drive held in Lower Hutt last Saturday bv the Smith Family, Lower Hutt branch.” states the secretary in a letter to “The Dominion.” “We also thank the residents of Lower Hutt for their valuable assistance and magnificent response to our appeal.’(‘Without 'the assistance of 32 carowners with their cars, the Petone Sea Scouts; the Lower Hiitt'Boy Scouts, the boys from the -Anglican Boys’ Home and the Hutt Central School, and the Wellington newspapers and the “Hutt Ndws, and the radio stations, this drive would have' been impossible,”’ continues the letter; “and' we desire to thank' them .all most .’sincerely for their very valuable assistance. • ' , ■ . , ' . . “We also, wish to acknowledge 11 /- from a resident of Woburn Road who wished to be known as Mr. Goodluck. M e were successful in securing 1100 parcels of all shapes and sizes, £B/5/- in money, besides many articles of furniture, two gramophones, preserves, foodstuffs, and vegetables.' , “We sincerely trust that we have, not omitted to mention any of the great number who offered and gave their services gratuitously. . If we have omitted any, we trust they will' recognise that tins has not been done deliberately, for again we assure the public tjiat without the nssistance of the helpers the success of our drive would not have been what it was, and we again wish to convey our sincere thanks -to the many boys who enthusiastic support to our cause. SCHOOL GARDEN FETE There was a large attendance at Randwick School on Saturday afternoon, when the Randwick School Committee and Parents’.Association held a successful garden fete.' , Mr W. Nash, M.P., who performed the opening, spoke eulogistically of the bodies through' whose joint effort the fete had been organised and also of the teachers and all-who had in-any way assisted. Mr. Nash said that as a result of their efforts the children received many benefits they could not otherwise have in these ditficult days. Mr. 7V. Dyer, representative of . the school to the Education Board, also spoke appreciatively of the organisers of the •fete. • Mr. Wansbrough, chairman of the school committee, called for three cheers for Mr. and Mrs. Nash. The 'afternoon’s programme commenced with some delightful folk dancing on the commodious grass tennis court, by the infants. The older children gave a display of drill. The Hutt Municipal Band, which played brightly, during the afternoon rendered selections; The stalls were as follow: —Produce: Mrs. Pointer. Cake: Mrs. Tyrrell.. Afternoon tea : Mrs. Baldwin, Mrs. Pointer, and Miss Jones. )f The games were as follow: “Darts, Mr. Baldwin ;' ’ race game, Mr. Harris; cocoanut shies, Mr; Wensor and Mr. Pointer. The various competitions resulted as follow: The dinner was won by Mrs. Macdonald : the case of apples by Mr. TI. Willis; Mrs. Alexander claimed .the box of apples; and Joan’Tyrrell won the pudding. The winner in the baby competition was Baby Coffee, and the decorated pram prize-winners wore Miss ' Illingworth and Miss Rentoul. Representations wore recently made to the Postmaster-General, Hou. A. Ilnmi.!tpn. by Mr. W. Nash. M.P.. for the' insfalhi.tioii of telephone boxes at the corner of White's Line East and Cambridge .Terrace. and in Knight's Road, near Waterloo Station. Mr. Nash has been advised that public telephone boxes will soon be installed at these points.

SIGNS ACROSS STREET Streamer Varieties in Petone CONDEMNED BY COUNCIL Condemnation of the practice of putting streamers across Jackson street tor advertising purposes was voiced by n--Petone Borough Council last night, lac borough inspector, Mr. W. B. Gough, reported that the practice was becoming prevalent, and many of the signs, by becoming loose, bad formed a danger to the public. . . • The public, thought the inspector, were taking too much for granted in erecting the signs- without asking for permission. In the eyent of an accident the council would be liable as a party to it. Several councillors agreed _with the inspector, and the council decided that no further permission be granted for the erection of streamer signs in Jackson Street. BOROUGH AFFAIRS Petone. Council’s Meeting The Petone Borough Council met last night, the mayor, Mr. D. McKenzie, presiding. There were present: Crs. J. G. Burns. E. T. E. Hogg, A. Scholefield, 5 . I E. Jacobson, V. A. Noble, J. W. LougI man, and R. W. Toomath. I The Minister of Internal Affairs ad'*vised that the council’s representations protesting against the clause in the Municipal Corporations Bill permitted comnuli sory amalgamation of borpugbs if a favI ourable poll were taken in one borough, would be carefully considered. The caretaker of the reserves. Mr. J. Smith, was appointed delegate to the conference of chairmen of reserves committees and superintendents of parks and reserves at Wellington. The council approved an offer from the Petone and Lower Hutt Gas Lighting Board of £3/15/- a week, with a five years lease, for office accommodation. Agreeing to a request from the Petone Beautifying Society, the council instructed the borough engineer to arrange Jor. the cleaning-up of the beach for the coming carnival. . No action was taken in regard to the Otago Power Board’s request that the , Government be asked to introduce a codiI pulsory conversion of local bodies loans. Subject to ' the concurrence of . other local bodies, the council decided to inform the Wellington City Council that the proposed basis of allocation of maintenance costs on the Hutt pipe bridge was accentable. A petition from ratepayers of Elizabeth Street asking that the street be tarsealed to prevent the. dust, nuisance was referred to; the works committee with power to act. ■ , The sum of £3O was granted the M ellington Free Ambulance.

PROTEST AGAINST SIREN

Stating that a number of complaints had been made, the Upper Hutt Volunteer Fire Brigade protested to the Borough Council at its last meeting against the long sounding of the fire siren at 12 o’clock each day. The mayor, Mr. A. J. McCurdy, thought that there was a resolution that the sounding should be for a certain period. “There is no such resolution,” said Cr. G.- 11. Guthrie, who is also the secretary of the brigade. “Well, there should have been,” replied the mayor. He went on to say that he knew complaints had been received from residents in the lower part, of,the district that they heard only the last part. Cr. Guthrie agreed to the suggestion that he should instruct the operator on the method of sounding the siren.

LOWER HUTT RANGERS

The Lower Hutt Rangers recently provid>l a delightful outing f0r.20 little girls, children of parents in straitened circumstances. Mrs. Olphert and Mrs. S. M. Hobbs conveyed the children by car to the Blue Mountains, Silverstream. and there they spent a happy day at the home of Mrs. Huggins, the Ranger captain. Sweets and ice-creams were, provided, but the greatest surprise occurred when each little guest received a dainty frock. The little ones returned home feeling that Father Christinas had indeed visited them in advance.