HUTT VALLEY NEWS

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 82, 7 April 1938, Page 18

HUTT VALLEY NEWS

VARIED ACTIVITIES

(From "The Post's" Representative.)

The virility of the Hutt Valley Horticultural Society's Garden Circle was evidenced when over sixty members attended the first meeting of the season in the small Horticultural Hall on Monday night. The circle, which meets every fortnight during the winter months, arranges a series of practical and interesting talks given by both professional and amateur gardeners, dealing with every phase of horticultral activity—preparation of the ground, pruning, grafting, spraying, and numerous other aspects, and also includes visits to some of the beautiful gardens of the district. At the first meeting the president, Mr. William Smith, was in the chair, with Miss Christine Fraser (secretary) assisting, and the speaker for the even-

ing, Miss E. Beagley, well known as a judge .at horticultural .shows, took as her subject, "Decorative Work With Flowers." Outlining the effects to be obtained by the arrangement of different flowers, she illustrated her talk with specimen bowls and vases and later commented on the good and bad points in posies brought by members. The meeting concluded with a vote of thanks to Miss Beagley. Waiwhetu Plunket Society. The annual meeting of the Waiwhetu Sub-Branch of the Plunket Society was held in Birch Street Hall on. Wednesday afternoon, with a good attendance of members. The following committee was . elected:—President, Mrs. L. Connell; vice-president, Mrs. C. B. Robinson; secretary, Mrs. E. G. ■ MacLeod; treasurer, Mrs. S. G. Mclntosh; committee, Mesdames Tyrrell-, Addis, Bell, Prince, McGhie, Neill, Passmore, White, Maclndoe, and Nodwell. The balance-sheet was read and confirmed and the society congratulated on a very substantial balance. Nurse Thomas reported the general progress of the babies to be good, and that she was kept extremely busy owing to the greatly increasing number of new homes in the district. In view of this continuous influx of the population the committee felt the urgent need for a Plunket Room in Waiwhetu, and the suggestion that this should be applied for was carried unanimously. Several competitions were completed, and it was announced that the next meeting would be held at the residence of Mrs. Macintosh, Waiwhetu Road, in May. Dance at Pctone. Several hundred people attended the final dance for the season of the Petone Amateur Swimming and LifeSaving Club held last night in the Labour Hall, Petone. A good dancing floor, an excellent Maori band, and an appetising supper combined with an atmosphere of cheerfulness to make an exceedingly pleasant function.. The numerous trophies won during the season were presented by the club president (Dr. J. T. Harding), who made special mention of the members of the Peck Shield team, which won this coveted trophy for the- first time. The team consisted of Messrs. L. Bossell, C. Harvey, J. Mahon, and J. May. Individual awards were made as follows:—Open dive, T. Garner; open breaststroke, C. Harvey; junior boys, W. Kyle; junior girls, M. Helson; ladies, A. Parr; men, J. Dougan; cubs, P. Marshall and J. Cleland; most improved dive, T. Te Puni. ,

The committee responsible for this highly successful dance comprised Dr. J. T. Harding (president), Mr. F.Bond (club captain), Mr. W. Patient (secretary), Messrs. P. Bennie, J. Dougan, F. Boswell, E. Shield, V. Bennett, J. Duffy, Mrs. W. Kerse (wearing gold matalasse), Misses M. Boswell (floral ninon), Z. Strickland (bluecrepon), B. Strang (green crepe), H. Hughes [(black velvet). Mr. J. Cary was M.C. and Miss M. Jones and Mr C. H. McKay were the winners of the first of several Monte Carlo dances.

Among those present were Mesdames F. Prest, Bennett, and Parr; Misses B. Cook, M. Edwards, M. Kemp, M. Helson, Y. Potter, L-. Karen, E. Helson, B. Englert, E. Potter; M. Duffy, M. Sineon, V: Kerse; H. Hughes, V. Finlay, F. Brady, P. O'Neill, J. Brown, N. Jenkins, M. Kemp, E. and M. Nelson, M. Stewart, E. Kyle, V. Sinclair, M. Miller, B. and N. Hills, F. Fenetti, M. Tompkins, L. Helson, E. Holloway, D. Gardiner, C. Mawson, H. Gillespie, S. and V. Krause, G. Anderson; and Messrs. C. Harvey, J. Garner, Turner, R. Rogers, E. Camplisson, F. King, P. Clark, Kidd, B. Dixon, W. and !R. Kyle, J. Burns, W. J. Peters, S. Lane, D. Tate, T. Gardiner, G. Hartley, L. Barrows, J. Lawrie, J. Adams, T. Te Puni, J. Jones, L. Boswell, P. and J. Bennie, F. Paintain, J. Deas, J. Clayton, S. Phillips, J. Wilson, F. Jones, T. MncMahon, J. .O'Meara, B. Priest, M. O'Brien, G. Byrne, J. Murphy, A. McLean, M. and E. Jones, P. Chambers, J. Brace, V. Hill, V. Kelly, V. Dixon, and T. Tong.