THE TURKISH ATROCITIES.

Clutha Leader, Volume III, Issue 124, 24 November 1876, Page 6

THE TURKISH ATROCITIES.

'A. 'larere meeting was ; held in the Temperance Hall, Dunedin, on Monday evening,' to give an expression of -public fepling regarding 1 the recent outrages in Bulgaria. ; His Worship the Mayor presided. The following were the Tesolutions passed : — Proposed by Bishop Nevill, and f e.cojided by «Mr Macandrew— <{ That ihi ; THft^.tinpr desires^to express its horror &r;d indignation at the inhuman atrocities perpetrated by'the Turks upon the Christian population of Bulgaria." Proposed by Mr Stout, seconded by Dr Koseby — "That this meeting desires to -unite with other communities throughout the British Empire in the expression of heartfelt sympathy for the

sufferers in the Christian Provinces of Turkey, and expresses a hope that the present struggle in the Turkish Empire may result in the entire separation of those Provinces from a power which has shown itself to be so unfit to he entrusted with their government/

Proposed by the Rev. Lindsay Mackie, seconded by Archdeacon Edwards — " That a committee be formed for the purpose of raising subscriptions for the relief of the famishing sufferers in Bulgaria, and that the following be the members of committee, with power to add to their number. Also, to enlist the services of a committee ol ladies for the purpose of collecting -subscriptions : — His Worship the Mayor, Hon. G. M'Lean, Jas. Macandrew, Rev. Archdeacon Edwards, Rev. Mr Mackie, Father Donovan, Judge Bathgate, Rev. Dr Roseby, Rev. Mr Fitchett, Rev. Upton Davis, Messrs Dick, Turnbull, Rtnnie, Stout, Fulton, Street, G. M. Reed."

The whole of the resolutions were carried unanimously.