LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Hutt News, Volume XXII, Issue 1, 16 June 1948, Page 9

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Stock Impounded. During May the Lower Hutt ranger impounded ten horses, three cattle and five dogs. Three dogs were destroyed.

Club's Annual Meeting. The annual general meeting of the Hutt Bowling, Tennis and Croquet Club will be held in .the club pavii ion on Tuesday, June 29. Dnivdin Winter Show. The number of paid admissions it the Dunedin Winter Show, which closed last week, was 4 5,824, compared with 49,165 last year. New Settlers Arrive. Filij fiew settlers, for Lower Hutt were among the 14 5 Governmentassisted immigrants who arrived in New Zealand by the Mataroa lan week. Ambulance Men Busy. Members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade treated 157 cases—--119 in Wellington, 16 in Lower Hutt and 22 in Petone—at sports fixtures on Saturdav. t ■ ■■' Building; Permits. " . During May the Lower Hutt City Council granted 4 3 building permits, of a total value of £11,345, compared with 48 permits totalling £25,269 in the same month last year. Hotel Licenses Renewed. Following reports by Inspector B. Thompson, the licenses of the Granu National and Taita hotels were renewed by the G-ufoMS Licensing Com mittee-at Its aanual meeting. More Sugar Available. Special coupon Y3b in the current ration book is valid for an extra 31b of sugar to July 4. Further releases of a similar nature may follow as the supply position permits.

Junior National Party Ball. On Friday next the Lower Hutt Junior National Party will hold its third a.inual ball in the Horticultural Hall. Phil Gamby's dance band has been engaged, and during the evening several novelty items v/ili ba presented.

Planting- in Andrews' Avenue. The strip in the centre of Andrews Avenue has been planted with wallflowers and other plants and presents quite a pleasing appearance—a great improvement on the stretcTT of mud that formerly disfigured the thoroughfare. Houses for Maoris. Good progress is being made with the erection of 24 brick houses for Maori occupation in the Waiwhetu area, "and it is expected that some of the tenants will move in early next month. A Maori cnaplain, the Rev. Hohepa Taepa, will reside in the Waiwhetu settlement. Plans Did Not Materialise. The Hutt Repertory Theatre's plans for junior players during the past year'did-not come to said the president of the Society (Mrs. Craig Mackenzie) in ner annual report, largely owing to the Health Department's precautionary measures at the close, of the school year and again early this year.

Principal's Services Recognised. The Lower Hutt City Council decided on Monday night to grant £lO/10/0 to the fund that is being raised to recogni&e the services ol the retiring principal of the Hutt Valley Memorial Technical College, Mr. A. McFadyen. The Mayor, Mr. E. P. Hay, said it was a very worthy fund, for Mr. ■ McFadyen had done great work for the young people.

Price of Beer Reduced... The Price Tribunal's order fixing the price of beer in 10 oz measures at 6d. a glass in hotel bars, a reduction of Id., came into force on Monday. The price of the 10 o?. measure remains at id. i< rom August 1 all beer sold in bars othei than bottled beer, must be serve:i in 10 oz glasses unless otherwise specified by the customer.

Royal Visit Stamp Designs.

From 456 entries three, designs for the Royal Visit stamps submitted by Mr. James Berry, of Wellington, have been selected by the special adjudicating panel which met under the chairmanship of the Pot.tmasterGeneral, Mr. Hackett. Mr. Berry's designs featured in the sd. stamp a group portrait of Their Majesties and Princess Margaret, in the 3d. H.M.S. Vanguard,, and,in the 2d. the Waitangi Treaty HOttse with portraits of the King avid Queen inset in medallions in the top corners.

Damages Claim Fails. Judgment was given for the Petone and Lower Hutt Gar, Board in a case i i which Kenneth Victor Melville claimed £67/12/0 special and general damages for injuries received on September 25th, 1945, while operating a winch in the vertical retort house of the defendant board's gas works at Petone in which he was employed. Mr. Hanna, S.M., in a reserved judgment given in the Magistrate's Court, Petone, said lie was, satisfied that hie board had discharged its duty of using reasonable care to make the premises and machinery safe.

Coupon Saving Coupons surrendered at Lower Hutt for the week ended June 12, totalled 95 meat and 7 butter. R.S.A. Conference. The 32nd annual conference of the N.E.U.i-.A. will open in Wellington next Tuesday. Taitr, Cemetery. At Monday night's meeting of the Lower Hutt City Council the seal was affixed to documents vesting the: Taita cemetery -,i the Council. Band to Play. '. '; The Lower Hutt Municipal Band: will play at the Hutt Hospital on' Sunday, June 27, at 2.30 p.m., weather permitting. Bottle Drive. The residents of Taita North are. warmly thanked by the School Committee for their generous response to the call for bottles in the receit drive. Hydrangeas in Hu*t Valley. "Some of the finest hydrangeas in New Zealand can be grown in tne Hutt Valley," said Mrs Knox Gilmer at a meeting of the Wellington Horticultural Society.

Footballers Injured. Two players who were injured while playing football on Saturday were taken to the hospital. Taey were A. August, inspector, Rodney Street, Lower Hutt, injury to" ribt., and E. Nanklcs, Mill Road, Petone, cut on tlie head. Infectious Diseases During May seven cases of scarlet fever and an adult case of poliomyelitis were notified to the, Lower Hutt City Council. One scarlet fever case was an adult, three were primary school children, and one was a child under school age.

Photograph of Former Mayor. Li reply to.Councillor W..C. Gregory, who said that the former Mayor, Mr. J. W. Andrews, was not represented in the gallery of photographs of Mayors in the Council Chambers, the Town Clerk said that a photograph of Mr. Andrews was being obtained. , : , .

Girls Steal Cigarettes. In Che Magistrate's, Court at Petone, three employees of W. D. and. H. O. Wills <N.Z), Ltd., Patricia; Ailsa Chisholm (19), uoreen Mary Edmonds (20), and Ida Alma Campbell (19) admitted stealing cigar-' ettes from the factory. Each was ; fined £3 and an order was made for.: Tue return of the goods. Flats for Firemen" - -^ The Lower Hutt Fire Board hasbeen granted permission by the Lower Hutt City Council to erect de-. tached buildings as flats, in connect:, tion with the general lay-out of the'; proposed new fire station at Water-;: 100 Road. It was considered that! the lay-out submitted involved no contravention of the city's townplanning regulations. . [Z Librarians'- Conference. £. Comprehensive reports ofr~the recent conference- of- the New- Zeaiand Library Association held at Napier, were presented to the Lower Hutt City Council on Monday night by Mrs. J. Williams (librarian), Councillor J. T. Young (a member of the library committee), and Mr. R. N. O'Reilly (of the National Library Service). « Danger at Waterloo Subway. In response to a request by the Epuni-Waiwhetu branch of the New Zealand Labour Party that a sign warning motor of the existence of the Waterloo subway the Lower Hutt City Council has decided that a sign be painted on the roadway on each side of Cambridge Terrace, indicating the presence of the subway. Driving Licences. Lower Hutt residents, may renew their driving licenses in Wellington. The Lower Hutt City Council has obtained an office in the Marshall buildings, Wellington, and this will be availabe for Lower Hutt motorists working in the city. The Lower Hutt office wil be open on the nights of' Friday, June 25, and Wednesday, June 30, until 9 p.m. June 30, until 9 p.m., and Saturday morning, June 26.

Congestion on Footpath. The congestion on the footpath in High Street on Friday nights was referred to by Councillor B. Macthews at Monday night's meeting of the Lower Hutt City Council. CouflcUlor Matthews said that on a rece it Friday night he found it almost impossible to get through the cr,owd congregated on the footpath at a certain spot. Traffic Inspector Archer said he would take the matter up with the Inspector of Police. :

Postal Facilities at Trentham. The Postma3ter-Qeneral notifiei the Lower Hutt City Council on Monday night that in response to a request by the Council for postal facilities in the Trentham transit housing area, plans have been made for re-opening the military post office there. The building will need alterations, but the work will be done as quickly as possible, as the needs of the residents are well known to the department.