PETONE AND HUTT ITEMS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 20, 25 January 1911, Page 2

PETONE AND HUTT ITEMS.

The Mayor of Petone (Mr. •>, W. M'Ewan), at last night's, meeting off tha Petone Borough Council, drew attention to. the fact (recently commented on from the pulpit by the Rev. A. Thomson) that it was seventy-one years ago on Sunday since the first settlers landed on the Petone beach. Some years previously an effort had been made to provide some memorial of these settlers, but for some reason the matter had dropped. He suggested that each councillor should think over the matter carefully, in order that something in that direction might be compassed. Some seven years ago an effort was madp to get together all the old manuscripts, periodicals, and documents relating to the old settlers, which had b&en handed down to their descendants. Mr. M'Ewan suggested that an endeavour be made to procure these records, or any relics, and guarantee their safe keeping. Councillor Piper suggested that a list should be obtained of the early settlers for the purpose of communicating with their descendants. This course was decided upon. A rather serious accident occurred opposite Mason's Gardens, Lower Hutt, on Monday evening last. A bug^gy driven by Mr. A. Olliver, and containing Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Cudby and her daughter Ina, was overturned by a motor-car which was passing. In endeavouring to pass, the car collided with the vehicle, upsetting the occupants. Ina Cudby, aged four years, had her thigh broken, and Mrs. Olliver and Mrs. Peters were badly bruised. The motor-car was owned by Mrs. Jacob Joseph. The occupants of the ear were Mrs. Nathan, Mr. C. Nathan, and a lady friend. When the question of employing canvassers in connection with the compilation of the electoral roll was raised last evening by Councillor List, at a meeting of the Petone Borough Council, a remark made by Councillor Harding that "if the people were too lazy to enrol it was their own look-out " met with a chorus of approval. Last evening the Petone branch of the C.E.M.S. held its meeting in the young men's room at 7.30. A paper on " Socialism from a Standpoint of Christianity," which was given by the Rev. J. H. Sykes, of Upper Hutt, was much appreciated. The Rev. J. D. Russell led off in the suosequent discussion, each member being allowed to speak on the paper for five minutes. Those taking part in the debate were Messrs. Foster, Dee, Rogers, Trost, Morgan. Baxter, and M'Millan. Tho meeting called on the Rev. J. H. Sykes to reply. On the motaoji of Mr. Baxter a hearty vote of thanks was given the Rbv. J. H. Sykes for his paper.