Horticultural Society.

Hutt News, Volume 13, Issue 5, 5 July 1939, Page 5

Horticultural Society.

ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of the Hutt Valley Horticultural Society was held last Wednesday evening. Mr. J. S. Barton presided.

Preceding the annual 'meeting, a special general meeting was called to amend rules 9, 10, .11, 13 and 17 effecting changes in the method of appointing the secretary. Hitherto this appointment has been made at the general annual meeting. The amendments' to the- rules, which were carried unanimously on tha voices, entrusts, the general committee with the appointment of the secretary, and states that he shall attend meetings as part of the pterformance of , his duties and not as a member of ihe committee.. Motions of sympathy with the relatives of Sir Thomas Wilford and Mrs, G. Harty, who had passed away during the year, were passed in silence. -The following officers were elected: -Patron and patroness, their-Ex-cellencies Viscount Galway and Lady Galway; president, Mr. J. S. Barton; vice-presidents, same as last year'with two deletions;" committee, Messrs. E. C. Buckingham, F. J. Burrell, W. E. Bock, G. W. Cairns, A. W,. Freeman,. A. Grierson, A. E. Hurrell, E. Hutt, J. Olphert, u'J. Reader, Win; Smith, H. J. Poole, J. S. Stalker, E. E. Stoupe, J. Wall, W. H. Wilson, W. Lyall, H. Hayes, G. W. Holmes,. W. Perkins, N. Grear and A. E. Morgan; ladies' committee, Mesdames J. S. Barton, J. W. Andrews, W. E. Bock, —. Carter, W. G. Carter, D. A, Ewen, A. W. .Freeman, N. B. Gibbons, H. B. Gordon, W. Glover, A. R. Gower, E. C. Mayo, "J. A. Grimwood, A. Greenfield, S. M. Hobbs, J. D; King, T. A. King, H. W. Kersley, H. E. Leighton, J. McMillan, H. W. Mitchell, G. S. Reid, E. E. Stoupe, B. Whitcher, W. H. Wilson, A. Laws, and Misses Finlay, Kersley and Fraser; hon. treasurer, Mr. H. J. Poole; assistant treasurer, Mr. A. W.- Freeman; lion, auditor, Mr. A. Ackroyd.

Mrs. G. Savage presented bouquests to Mesdames Barton, Grimwood and Freeman in recognition of their work. The report showed a steady increase in membership, and success in all shows held during the year, with a decided improvement in the finances. ESPERANTO Miss M. Stirling presided over a good attendance at the weekly meeting of the Hutt Valley Esperanto Club, which was held in the club room, Cuba Street, Lower Hutt, last Tuesday night. As the result of a suggestion by Mr. Ilton, it was decided to form a cultural or debating group, with the two-fold object of providing a greater opportunity for the more advanced members to attain fluency in the general use of the language, and secondly to allow an interchange of opinion relative to instructional methods and general club affairs. Proceedings will be conducted entirely iA Esperanto, and a great improvement should result.

will be required for urban purposes, have already purchased land in other districts. "Under the circumstances disclosed by the investigation, the Government now feels justified in proceeding immediately with an active policy of housing .development in the Hutt Valley in conjunction with the more intensive development of the lands now being utilised for industrial purposes. "This programme will absorb not less than 280 acres of land per year for the next five years, or practically the whole of the land which is at present under notice of intention to take. "The programme of work will be so arranged that it should be possible to let each grower know in advance the date on which he will be required to give up possession of his land. Every effort will be made in the first year to develop -lands which are not utilised or suitable for market garden purposes, provided that this permits of reasonably economic type of development in the provision of public utilities and services. In this, way the growers should h/ive at least one full growing year and some of them, three, four, or even five years in which to make other arrangements.

"The Government in its desire to give the growers a square deal and to ensure the continuity of supplies of fresh vegetables to the Wellington market,'" said Mr. Savage, "has decided to acquire an area of approximately 2003 acres of land in the Otaki-Levin district suitable' for market gardening and to lay out this land as a rural community for approximately 100 families, complete with housing, schools, and other community buildings. This land, together with the housing facilities, will be made. availaDie in the first instance at am economic rental to the growers displaced by the housing and industrial developments in the valley.

- "The wisdom and necessity, of this step is proved by the fact that there has been unmistakable evidence within the last few weeks that the possible displacement of the Hutt Valley gardeners is forcing up the price of market garden land;, in the Otaki-Leviii area ivhere the industry is already carried on on a substantial scale. . J