Riddiford Park.

Hutt News, Volume 20, Issue 16, 10 April 1946, Page 7

Riddiford Park.

The change of season is reflected in Riddiford Park. , The petunias and phlox, which made such a vivid summer showing, have, just disappeared, and the lovely dwarf dahlias are beginning to "go off." The flaming salvia is making a bright display, and the chrysanthemums in bud promise an attractive show before long. Gladys Moncrieff Pleased. Chatting with a Hutt News representative after the performance of "Viktoria and Her Hussar," at the Grand Opera House, Wellington, on Saturday night, Miss Gladys Moncrieff said that she was very happy to be back in New Zealand, and expressed gratification at the success of the tour. Everywhere the theatres had been packed and the audiences had been very enthusiastic. The audience on Saturday night had been wonderfully responsive, and the company had enjoyed playing to it. The pressman found "Viktoria and Her Hussar" a very enjoyable and satisfying production from every point of view. Difference iii Prices. At his meeting in the Taita Hall last week, Mr. F. W. Doidge, M.P., stated that when he and Mr. Holland were in Canada last year the Leader of the Opposition bought a raincoat for £4. On their return to New Zealand they found that a raincoat of the same quality was selling at £ll. Rovers at Council Meeting - . Rovers from the Bays and Valley Group of Boy Scouts were interested visitors to Monday night's meeting of the Lower Hutt City Council. They were warmly welcomed by the Mayor, Mr. J. W. 1 Andrews, who said it was gratifying to find young people taking an interest in civic affairs. ,-■ ..,, . . J .:, J , , ' '.,.-..-.. Sudden Death. Mr. Percy A. Maunder, aged 58 years, machinist, of Hutt Road, dropped dead •at the Lower Hutt railway station on Monday night. ''Defeatist Attitude." When the Mayor suggested at a meeting of the Lower Hutt City Council that the Minister should be asked if he would grant a permit for the erection of a Little Theatre before they decided about the building, Cr. E. F. Rothwell replied: "That is a defeatist attitude. We should make up our mind to have a building and apply for a permit afterwards." Assessment Court. A sitting of the Assessment Court will be held in Lower Hutt on Thursday, May 9. Conversion of Cars. In the Magistrate's Court at Lower Hutt, before Mr. Goulding, S.M., Alan Bruce Sutton, aged 18 years, was ordered two years' detention in a Borstal Institute on four charges of car-conversion. Admitted to Probation. In the Supreme Court at Wellington, Roger Derek O'Riley, aged 21 years, a soldier, who had pleaded guility in the Magistrate's Court at Lower Hutt to a charge of theft of a motor truck engine from Government premises in Seaview Road, was admitted to probation for 12 months and was ordered to pay the costs of the prosecution. Mr. E. F. Rothwell appeared for the accused.

Missing Children Safe. Some alarm was felt at Waddington last week, when two children, Raymond Hailwood (8) and . Errol Hailwood (4), sons of Mr. C. Hailwood, failed to return home from a shopping errand. Search - parties were out on Friday night and Saturday morning. The children were located at the home of a relative in Newtown, Wellington on Saturday. Rare Experience When a letter from the Lower Hutt Retailers' Organisation was read at this week's meeting of the City Council, thanking the Council for the action taken in response to the request for the erection of a shelter in Margaret Street, Cr. H. S. Dudding remarked: "It is rare to get a pat on the back from someone regarding the buses!" Car Construction in New Zealand. On his return to Lower Hutt from a six months' tour of Great Britain, Canada and the United States, Mr. G. H. Jackson, managing director of the Ford Motor Company of New Zealand, stated that he expected there would be material here from Canada to start operations on car production in June. , ,» ; .