SPREYDON'S EFFORT TO ASSIST.

Press, Volume L, Issue 15047, 15 August 1914, Page 12

SPREYDON'S EFFORT TO ASSIST.

An enthusiastic meeting of residents of Spreydon was held m tho Beckcn- | haiu Hall last evening, the Mayor {Mr- *| G JR. "Whiting) orcupyins the chair. I The.ro was a fair attendance. After somovdiscussion as to the'best moans of assisting financially in Uio present crisis, the''foUomni; resolution, moved by Mr.W; H. Windsor, was j carried:—'That this meeting appoint I a committee, to. .collect funds in tho ' district or elsewhere, such funds to be ' (1) for the purpose of alleviating distress cither at Homo or abroad;. (UJ for assisting every organisation connected with the crisis, financially it necessary." A further resolution that all preaent *' | form themselves inloa committee,-with. ,<£ power add to their number, to ob-,-., tain funds was also carried. "'iv^ The chairman undertook to makeij-' < rangoments. to. convene meetings of'rtsidonts of the .other narts of thst»t-_ oup;h afc a. future date. '* A KUEgestwi by Mr Manliire tiaj.ft natriotic service bo kpld to-day* ywk in the school erounds at was henrtily endorspd, and a commitUo roiviistinir of Rudd, Hires, -s Manhire. Sykcs, Thomson, and fiatSeld \ was appointed to Tnako all srfatuccm'ents; alpo to endeavour to obtain-ilie sovrlees of four brass bands and prominent speakers. Mews W. H Joyce and 3f. Woodfield wore iwvpoint«"l 1»on secretary and lion, treasurer respectively, .