Recital by Band

Hutt News, Volume 20, Issue 5, 23 January 1946, Page 5

Recital by Band

The Hutt Municipal Band will play selections in Riddiford Park on Sunday afternoon, commencing at 3 o’clock. Croquet Championship. 1 ’ ! The 1947 New Zealand croquet championships will be held either at Lower Hutt or Palmerston Njorth. Fruit Shops’; Hours. Fruit shops in Lower Hutt are now hours, closing at 6.30 p.m from Mondays to Thursdays (inclusive), 9, p.iii on Fridays and noon on Saturdays. :V’ «■*. »ks Working Meii’s Club Picnic. 7 ! :> The Petone Working Men’s. Club held a picnic, in Hutt Park on Sunday. Favoured by a beautifully fine day there was a large attendance and a very happy time was spent. During the day addresses were given by Hon. W. Nash, Minister of Finance, and Mr. H. E. Combs, M.P.

Old Settlers' Rally. At a successful rally conducted in Wellington on* Anniversary Day by the Early Settlers and Historical Association, some interesting reminiscences were given by Mr. W. Toomath, of Lower Hutt.

Membership of Over 100. .The membership of the Hutt Valley Junior Chamber of Commerce and Industry has reached over 100 in a few months. "What a wonderful thing this has been —fellowship with fellows that we probably w./Uld not' Have -experienced, had it not been for the Jaycee movement" says a report presented by the membership committee. ...^

Failureyof Gas. y Residents of Taita and other parts of the Hutt district were without gas for a couple of hours on Friday eve. ing, owirfg to the failure of the supi-jy from the Petone gasworks. Mr. K. F. Muir, chairman of the Petone and' Lower Hutt Board, ex 7 pla\ned that the containers had been so low that there was insufficient P r essure to send the gas to outlying districts. • This was the result of the poor coal available for the manufacture of gas,

Jury List. The district for the Wellington jury list, which is now being compiled by ' the police, includes Lower Hutt, • v. •

Art Union Winners,

Among those who drew prizes in the "Happy New Year" art union last week- were the l •-.following;—£lo: S:ot. of the North, Naehae," Lower Hutt, Stifl'y and Mo, Jackson Street, Petcne. £5: Mac, Petone; John Fawcett, Lower Hutt; No Show, Petone.

Over 20,000 State Houses. Up to the end of last year, 20,034 rental houses had been constructed by the Housing Department, said Mr E. P. Meachen, Minister for Housing, at Whangarei. In addition 3206 houses were under construction and contracts had been let for many others. The Department had purchased land for 44,971 houses.

Changes in School Attendance. Owing to the decrease in the number of pupils the Petone West School went down a grade last year, while the Epuni School, with increased attendances, rose in status. ** The position was met by the transfer of four teachers from Petone AVest to Epuni. ......,-.,..-