HUTT VALLEY NOTES

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4296, 4 March 1901, Page 7

HUTT VALLEY NOTES

Petone residents living in the vicinity of the recent fire in Sydney street handed to the Fire Brigade on Thursday evening the amount of £6 11s as a tangible proof of their appreciation of the work performed by the Brigade on that occasion. The residents along the road between Upper Hutt and Petone complain of boisterous picnickers, who use offensive language to pedestrians and others passing along the road. A favourite place for cyclists to display their powers is the straight piece of road between Trentham aiiii, Silverstream. , ''•The following is a list of Petone sub-, soribers to the Queen’s Statue Fund (collected by Mrs Gibbons): —Messrs T. Price, £5; T. M. Wilford, £1 Is; R. C. Kirk, j£l Is; F. Franklyn, JEI Is; H. Udy, 10s; A. W. Curtis, 10s; Geo. Smithies, ss; A friend, 2s 6d; J. A. Allender, 2s Gd ; X. V./ ia 6:1; C. E. Eiehbaum, 2s Gd; J. Horne, as; J. Reid, 2s Gd; S. Burridgo, 2s Gd; H. Askwith, 2s; W. Symes, 2s; l)r Ross. £1 Is; total amount. .£ll 13s. While Mrs A. Fraser, of Petone, who has been staying with friends at Ash burst recently, was driving in that district early on Wednesday last, the vehicle capsized, and Mi’s Fraser was unfortunate enough to have her arm broken at the shoulder, and one of her friends suffered even more serious injuries, in a double fracture of the arm The two ladies were taken for attention to Palmerston, where Mrs Fraser waited for the afternoon train to Wellington. On hep return to Petone, she was attended by Dr Ross.

A pioneer settler, Mr Charles England, passed away on Thursday at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr J. Lowry, at the patriarchal age of 82. Mr England partook largely of the trials incidental to pioneer life, and could tell of many interesting perienees in the Hutt district which are now subjects of history. He was born at Elminster, Somerset, and came to this colony by the ship New Era, which arrived in Port Nicholson in 1854. For a short oeriod Mr England resided in Wellington, and he then proceeded to the Wairatnna —no trifling undertaking in those davs. He did not. however, stay long i nlhnl. district, but came back to the Lower Hutt, where he lived for several years, subsequently taking up his residence at Potonc. The deceased is survived by five sons and three daughters, and families of no fewer than -15 grandchildren and 13 great-grand-children