LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Hutt News, Volume XXII, Issue 5, 14 July 1948, Page 7

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Value of Press Publicity “Through the courtesy of the Hutt News,” said the City Engineer, Mr. H. R. Bach, in his report to the Lower Hutt City Council on Monday 'night, “an article concerning offences by riders of bicycles was inserted on June 9. -Since then two checks have been made and no offences have been detected. These will be continued from time to time but it it doubt that the press reports have been of considerable benefit.”

Stock Impounded During June 20 horses, 12 cattle land 14 dogs were impounded. Eleven dogs were destroyed, seven at the request of their owners.

Accidents at Sport Twenty-five accidents were treated by members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade during sports fixtures in the Hutt Valley on Saturday. St. John Ambulance A Home Nursing Claps for men and women will be held in the Ambulance Room, Petone Recreation Grounds, on Thursday, July 15.

Chocolate Prices Increased The Price Tribunal has authorised increases in maximum wholesale and retail prices for cocoa, chocolate tablets and' other chocolate products.

Removal of Refuse Three tenders have been received for the removal of refuse in Lower Hutt, and are under consideration by the works committee of the Lower Hutt City Council*

Petone Overbridge

The first of three test bores to find suitable foundations fpr an overhead bridge at the Petone level crossing was made recently, rock being struck at 34 feet. The other bores will be made shortly. Committee’s Long Meeting Councillor H .V. Horlor stated at a meeting of the Lower Hutt City Council on Monday night that a recent meeting of the reserves committee fasted over six hours and there were 42 items on the agenda. Increase In Hives During the war the number of beehives dropped from 136,362 to 129,576, but in the first two years after the" war the number increased to 154,508. The National Beekeeper's Association of New Zealand has 28 branches and during last year the membership increased by 162. Salesmansliip Course

The Salesmanship Course conducted in Lower.Hutt recently was a great success, excellent results being obtained. Thirty-five students took the course, under the direction of Miss H. Parnell. The aim of the classes was better service to the community, not the teaching oi high-pressure salesmanship.

Naenae Family Film Club A Family Film Club has been formed at Naenae. The subscription is five shillings for a screening of 16mm. films—one night a week for ten weeks—and the first screening will take place in St. David’s Church Hall on'Friday, August 6. The object is to encourage parents to share this interest with their children.

Common Sense and Law Councillor E. F. Rothwell raised a laugh at a meeting of the Lower Hutt City Council on Monday night when he remarked to the Mayor Mr. E. P. Hay (another solicitor): “As you and I know common sense and law do not always run on parallel lines.”

Traffic on Ewen Bridge At a check of traffic on the Ewen bridge made between 7 a.m. and 8.30 p.m. one day recently it was found that 2300 pedestrians crossed the bridge from the northern side and 1800 from the southern side. The number of prams wheeled across the bridge was 158.

Sunday Night Concert The Hutt Speedway Supporters’ Club has been granted permission by the Lower Hutt City Council to hold a Sunday night concert next month. The proceeds will be handed to the Hutt Valley Returned Services Association, to be spent on comforts for ex-servicemen in Hutt Hospital.

New Classroom for Petone Forms I and II of the retone Central School, which have been travelling to the Hutt Valley Memorial Technical College for woodwork classes, will at the beginning of next year be accommodated in a new building at the rear of the Petone Central School. TTie site is at present occupied by the old in-faritr-school, which will be pulled down.

Speeding in High Street “The part of High Street from the V.I.C. north has become a speedway,” said Councillor B .Matthews at a meeting of the Lower Hutt City Council on Monday night. He realised that the traffic stalf was not as large as it should ,be, but he urged that something should be done to stop the dangerous speeding. During the last eight days there had been nine accidents in ( the locality. The chief traffic inspector was instructed to give his attention to the matter.

Record Competition Entries

The entries for the Dunedin Competitions, to be held in August, total 3350, a record. ,

Bastille Day Today, July 14, is the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille during the French Revolution, and is commemorated as the National Day of France. _

From £875 to £2765 It is stated that thirty band instruments for which the Wellington Boys’ Institute is launching an appeal will cost £27 65. Before the war the cost would have Been £875.

High School Band The Hutt Valley High School Band played at the Hutt Hospital on Sunday afternoon. It rendered a fine programme which wms keenly enjoyed.

Building Permits Sixty-two building permits, to tile total value of £20,751, were issued by the Lower Hutt City Council in June, compared with 30 permits, totalling £14,209, in the same month last year . Tobacco Stall The-Lpwer Hutt City Council has granted the Disabled Servicemen's Re-establishment League permission, to erect a cigarette and tobacco stall at the back of the bus stop in Margaret Street.

Closer Relations with U.S.S.R,

The last meeting of the Hutt Val?ey Branch of the S.C.R. was well attended. Mr. F'. Freeman gave an Interesting talk on the Marshall Plan. Tonight, in the Oddfellows’ Hall, several Russian films will De screened.

Richard Farrell Coming?

If present negotiations are successful the young New Zealand pianist, Richard Farrell, whose recitals have aroused so much enthusiasm throughout the Dominion, will appear in Lower Hutt under the auspices of the Hutt Valley Music Society.

Poor Quality Telegram Forms The telegram forms provided in the Lower Hutt Post Office of late have been of very poor ’quality paper. They absorb ink like blotting paper, with the result that the counter staff must often find it very difficult to decipher messages and. signatures.

Many .People -Want Telephones The number of telephone subscribers in New Zealand increased during the year from 209,505 to 222,504, a net Increase of 12,999 new connections. OE 41,292 applicants awaiting telephones 29,136 are in areas served by automatic exchanges, and the remaining 12,156 are in areas served by manual ex-' changes.

Hutt Businessman in India Advice from Mr. M. Bhuia,-- a former Lower Hutt businessman who is' visiting India with bis wife and family, indicates that he is finding it very pleasant and interesting "to meet relatives and old friends. He states that no national trouble “"Sr apparent in the area (some hundreds of miles from Bombay) where he is staying. Mr. Bhuia does not expect to return to New Zealand before the end of the year.

Stalin Never Seen

“One never saw Stalin, Molotov, or any of the other heads of the Government about the streets of Moscow, even driving in cars,” said Mr. R. R. Livingstone at a meeting of the Canterbury Nationalist Club. They were taken at night in heavilycurtained, bullet-proof cars from the Kremlin to their country houses. The reason for this, Mr. Liyingstone said, was that there were literally millions of people who would gladly give their own lives to be abe to assassinate them.

New Church Equipment The Queen’s Road Church of Christ has just completed a successful appeal for the purchase of two projectors. The sum of £270 was received by offerings and donations, which enabled the Church to secure a 16mm. sound projector and an epidiascope. The epidiascope combines in one projector the facilities of screening strip films, slides, photos, and pictures. “These projectors,” said the Rev. R. W. Simpson, “are the most up-to-date equipment for teaching purposes and will open up unlimited possibilities in youth and general church work.”

Ambulance Brigade at Speedway Members of the Hutt Speedway Supporters Club over the age of 18 years, who are interested in forming a St. John Ambulance Speedway Division are asked to send their names and addresses to the club’s secretary, Mrs. M. Greeks, Gadsby Street, Lower Hutt. Mr. P. F. Lloyd, who is president of the Club, is also Corps of the Hutt Valley St. John Ambulance Brigade, and as soon as enough club members come forward it is his intention to commence classes immediately. The idea is to man the dirt-track at Taita with the club’s own officers and men. Women are also eligible. Anyone applying must be willing to attend classes once a week for the next three months.