CHARITABLE AID BOARD.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 56, 29 November 1907, Page 7

CHARITABLE AID BOARD.

i "'.■■ "THE .FINANCIAL 1 POSITION;-- f- : < i '.■Messrs.-ft/ (chairman),..-W.'•H.... IMorrhli.v E. Cohen, M. •Murdoch, and A, Cola, Iffero'-prcsent-afc-a mooting (and -Wairarapa Charitable Aid Board held, (yesterday morning.■>• ' -■ ,',:',-, ' iV •'Tho Chairman announced,that the'credit iof the Board-at tho .bank- stood- at : £1356 16s>. lid., and briefly dwelt on tho personal con-* Utitution of tho uew.ly,-olected Board. ino I following, disbursements were approved:— :St.'ijosCph^-Orphanage, £9 12b. lUd ; XYni- ; rarapa :: North Benevolent , Society, £oO; .EduIcatiou"- , Department; £624 2s. 4d.; Wei- ; Unction Benevolent Institution, £333' bs. ■8d pHorowlienua ■ County Council; , £21' ass : ; ni '6(l.;--""H'utt "County " , lT r "."6'cin , . .'■■ijßvln. ,I ' Borough"■' Council;".' £4.2 ils ."'GrtV';' GrSytbwn Borough Council, "£36 ; 17s; , 3d ; .VI i,eat ! 1, ' rston 'Town Board, £1 18s. , 'With••'•the .ordinary accounts, cheques- were ' ; sisned : fe'steriJny "for the"' paying' away : "of ' ! £1314 lis. 10' d: ■■■' The'sum , of £4443 .19s:-lld. iis now duo to tho 'Board in subsidies, etc. Speaking on the work "of tho Board during !tho'past.j;ear,.the.Chairman said that in the i administration-.of.ixharitable aid during -the i past, twelve;■.months, there-had, been .nothing , ■of : an .untoward..character, and; ho did- not \ know" that.]t)ie amount disbursed in charit- ' i abl o did >iii - tho; d ist rict was,'increasing. The:. • finances were-in, such, a condition that, there ( l!wouklibo,no::financial dilficulty at the end of ' i thoyeitr. ,might be soino criticism on |i tho..'fact -that they-would have a balance to < credit, but that was infinitely. better.; than ■haying to negotiate an overdraft every now , and again. t Jlr. Cohen nibved a voto of thanks to tho ; retirji:R chairman. Ho. had the business oj i charitalilo aid adniinistratipn at his fingers' • eijd,s,,.and he-hoped ho would contiriuo to.oo, ■oitro , .. the sanio position next year. .' ' ' : - ! seconded tho,motibh. ... ! ;,Mr. ',Kirk',/iri. reply, said "'.that it, ' waf i wjrk ho \vas.fpnd of,and.only too pleasecl.'to: i pbr|orriuVlt had not been a'ii arduous year—■ ; the year.ibefore had been-protty. stiff—and hoi '< saw no reason why the affairs of tho Board 'should not continuo to go on smoothly. Ho : was r gla<Lto tho. members of ; tho : executive liad.bcen returned. He would also like, to.. .say' in.'.rogard,- to"'tho. secretary (Slf. , , , yi\\\s) -.that, though r ho was young when he toot,over .tlio Avor.l;,.ho' had.discharged .his 'd,vjjtios»(in-.."a"..'way.','that needed, nq comment ' fronr'lu'm 1 . ,In',ey;ory. way his work had been quito satisfactory, and had given no trouble to tho auditor atr any timo. (Hear, hcarj