PREVENTION OF CRUELTY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 66, 11 December 1907, Page 10

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY.

_ The usual fortnightly meeting of the Society. for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animajs was held last evening in the Chamber of .Commerce. Mr. J. Ilbtt presided, and ; there were also present: Mesdames Christie, : K.ernot, and England, Messrs; . Ji ' G. • W. Ai.tken, M.P., J. M. Richardson, \V. Wat- ' soil, G, Brown, aiicl J. S. Janieson. : , 'i'he reappointment of Mr, F.\ Seed as inspector, and the appointment .of,' Mr. C. AV. Carroll'as secretary, were confirmed, and tho Chairman welcomed these officials. ' / Mrs. England t reported' having received ! the-following subscriptions Mrs. J. Burne, £1 Is.; Mr. G. M. • Kebbell, £1 Is.; Mrs. ! Joseph Joseph, 10s. <5d.; Thompson, Lewis. ' and Company 10s. 6d.; Mr. F. i'enty, 10s.; ' Mr. A. 13. Fitchett, 10s.; Rev. W. J. Williams, Mr. R. C. Kirk, Mr. Fraser, ss. : each; Mr. T. Bush, 55.; Messrs. Bates arid Lees, ss. * Equitable Building Sotiety, 55.; Mesdames Koiidal, Picot, and Port, 2s. 6d! ..each; Messrs. H. Morris, W. Hawthorne, J. ■Ji'frost, A. Banks, D. M. Douglas, C Kidding, and W. Cook, 2s, 6d. each; M. G. M'Morran, 3s. 6d.; Messrs. S. Pearson and .Williams, 2s. each; total, £7 os. 6d. The retiring inspector, Mr. Williams; stated in his report -(which was adopted.) '■ .that one 1 occasion three horses, and on another four, fell oil blocks | on Adelaide Road, one being slightly injured. This was the result of'the state of the blocks,, which wore so'slippery, especially oil the'down side of tho road from the' Fire Brigade Station to the Basin Reserve, that one could skate oik them. No tar or sand had been laid there for nearly a year, except in patches, and the state of Kent Terrace Road was 'similar. Drivers had .made strong complaints to him, and he hk'd referred them to the City Council. x A Bank balance of £62 17s. lid. was reported. Accounts amounting to £6 lis. 7d. were passed for payment. -, • It was resolved to hold the next meeting on Friday week. FILL UP