THE LATE CARNIVAL.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1591, 26 March 1879, Page 2

THE LATE CARNIVAL.

A meeting of the general committee of the Eaitangata Relief Fund fete took place last Tuesday. Present—His Worship the Mayor (in the chair), Messrs Alport, Hobduy, Ayers, Pratt, Gapes, Hulbert, R, C. Bishop, Seager, W. Wilson, W. S. King, W. H. Smith (hon. secretary), Jenkins, Bmstead. The Mayor said that the meeting had been called to receive the statement of the secretary and treasurer to the carnival, &,nd he trusted that they would have a good report to make. He thought the result would be a great credit to Ohristchurch, and he felt very proud of being a Mayor of such a city as Christchurch, which had done so nobly in the cause of the widows and the orphans at Kaitangata. He might say that in addition to what the committee had collected on the fete day, he had received £303 18s lOd, of wLioh £2OO had been remitted to Dunedln by him. He bad received a cheque that day from Mr A. J. White's employes, of £4 13s 6d ; Archdeacon Wilson had also forwarded £6 10s 6d, the results of an offertory at the Sunnyside Asylum. He had also received £3 2s from the Mayor of Sydenham. He need not mention the work done by Mr Seager and the other gentlemen taking part in the fete. Their efforts were well known, and Mr Seager was always ready to aid in any good work. The Treasurer (Mr Pratt) reported as to the cash received by him on the occasion of the fete, which was as follows : —Gates, £2BB 8s; sale of books, £l3 1.55; Professor Scott, £ls 15s 6d ; Gipsy tent, £l3 0s 6d ; Richardson's show, £6B 10s; concert, cash collected at the drill shed, £Bl 7s; Theatre Royal, £100; Mr Wheeler, £lO 10s; Mr Foster, £lO 10s : Mr Donovan, £B. Total, £609 16s, and which haß been banked. Since that time £6O had been paid in by Mr Chas. Clark as the result, of the sale of booths, and there was £5 in hand from the drill shed. Mr W. Wilson moved—" That the thanks of this meeting be tendered to Mr Pratt for his services as treasurer, and that the report he has made be received with thanks." Mr Hobday seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Mr W. H. Smith, hon. sec, reported that he had received the sum of £36 19s 4|d, and had made sundry disbursements. The advertisinu and printing accounts of the Pbesb and " Globe," amounting to £27 lis Id, and those of Messrs Hobbs, Bashford, Oookson, Hale, and others had been written off. [Hear, hear.] The " Lyttelton Times" account had not been written off, as the proprietor stated that he had already contributed to the fund. Mr King asked his Worship if he would change the sum of £8 2s 6d, a cheque handed by him as contributions by the employes on the Ferry road sewer, from his list to the fete fund. This sum had been subscribed by the workmen who were unable to attend at the fete, but considered that they ought to subscribe. His Worship said he would do so. Mr W. Wilson moved—" That the thanks of the meeting be given to the hon. secretary, and that his report be accepted." Mr Gapes seconded the motion, which was carried. Accounts to the amount of £37 14s 5d were ordered to be paid. Mr Hulbert said he thought that the amount yet to come in from the tickets would be about £6O or £7O over the amount already returned as having been taken at the Drill Shed. The Mayor said ho had received a letter from Mr D. Craig, asking for a small subscription from the committee for the widow and children of the late Sergeant Kerr. He had told him that he did not think that the committee would be justified in voting any money away from the object for which it was subscribed. [Hear, hear.] He would suggest that a small sub committee should be appointed to wind up the affairs of the fete. Mr Pratt said that he thought he might now state that the total amount which they could remit after paying all charges, was about £7so'; that was from the fete alone. M:r Hulbert said that the committee had now several articles in hand, which the donors had consented to allow to be placed at the disposal of any one who would get up anything for Mrs Kerr and other widows, and he might say that Mr Towle had offered to give the first proceeds of an opera which he intended getting up shortly to this fund if it was got up. Votes of thanks were then passed to the professional ladies and gentlemen who took part in the Richardson's show, the performance at the Theatre, and the concert, Miss Andrews, the gipsy prophetess, &c, and it was resolved that the secretary communicate the same to the ladies and gentlemen alluded to in the resolution. A similar vote was also accorded to those who had written off their accounts as subscriptions to the Fete Fund, and to Mr F. Back, the General Manager of Railways for placing the late trains at the disposal of the committee. On the motion of Mr Hulbert, the chairman, treasurer, secretary, Mr C. Coombes, and the mover, were appointed as a Bubcommittee to wind up the aff *irs of the carnival, and remit the proceeds to the central committee. The Chairman then presented the hon. see., Mr Smith, with a handsome gold locket, subscribed for privately by the members of the committee as a memento of the services rendered by him as secretary, accompanying it with a very high tribute to the zeal displayed by him in discharging his duties. The inscription on the locket was—" Presented to W. H. Smith by the Eaitangata Fete Committee, 1879." Mr Smith acknowledged the gift in a few well chosen words. The meetii g then adjourned.