PUBLIC MEETING.

Manawatu Herald, 22 November 1889, Page 2

PUBLIC MEETING.

A meeting of those int -rested in relieving AH Saints Church from, debt was h Id at the Town Clerk's: office, which he had obligingly put at th<* service of the promoters, on Wednesday evening at half past seven. '' : A fair number of Church members attended aud Mr A: S. E aton was ' voted to the chair, (^ho., briefly explained why the meeting had bee n convened. ; Mr T. P Williams qapstioned whether it was advisable to mate any effort in t'»is direction, as thp result of p«st efforts- had been disastrous a=t there /ha-i; not been n a visit of elergvtna'i to ahe town, since ( he last bazoar ; : Mr Thyme agreed a grsat r?cal with what Mr *•* lllwms had said bur. pointed ont 'hit ihongh thft Chimh author tire had uen remarkably cnr l<-ss of the care of Mieir flock' vet an arrangement had been entered hito last vpar to finish the liquidation of the d^bt, an! they were bound to make this eff i rt. Mr T. P Wihams agreed with this, stating it had slipped bis memory. Mr De Bidder thought any eff it to obtain a clergyman residpnt in in Foxton wonll b<* useless, costing too much, and he thou.»ht they should a'l fee 1 obliged for he services given by Mr Wright Stewart After swap further conversation | during which it was pointed ont tha* •he dis f -iict having so much increased in popu'atiou in «he T^wn and surrounding country, that whm wflß done »n be past was no gnide to the futuro, it was resolved "That in the opinion of this meeting it is advisable to make an> effort to pay off the debt stil- owinsr pn All Sain s Ohurcn, and that the iiraG for mak ing such effort should be before Christmaß." It was further resoUod —>' ' Th* t Messrs A. S. Ea ton, F. D.. Ridd r, T. P. Wili ms, T» Bay, A; Nixon, W. G. Robinson and E S. Tbynn* be a oomm ttee, with powpr to add to their number, to make anfd carry out th« arracg' ments for » 4 Bazaar and Show before i hristmafl." ' ' Ihis conclufted the bttnoMs of the general meeting and the o 'mmittee immediately sat to Consider the details.

It was deeded 'o fiv 'he flat s of the Bazaar a d B'<osr for Thursday and Friday the 19 th and 20 th of December. That the ladies be asked to obtain and contribute articles or sale. A sub committee «• nesting o Messrs Kay, Nixon and Will f ms wa set up, 10 apportion the work received to the different sta Is. Messrs J. Russell, W. Ingr mand Tbynne wer .» appo'rited a sab ccm m ; ttee to arrange Ist of. prizes for the Fruit Flower aad vegotable b'iowb. Messrs A. S. Easton, J. R. Me Vsil!ao ani Thynne were appointed a sub committee to arrange for a Poultry «liow. ' Us*m Jft&ftoa, Sp^tei An! Kftck*'

were to be asked to be a committee to help arrange the hall. Mi&s McMillan and Miss Keeble* were lo be requested to assist irt ar a ig'rg a series of tableaux of thel'.tt c oues, as a side show Messrs W ill ams, Nixon, and Kay we 1 c appointed a sub-committee to arrange far a fu tber Bide show. Messrs McMilan, Wiliams and Ray were appoiuted a printing com-Tiitt'-e. '£ he committee then adjonmed to Mouday next.