OAMARU BEAUTIFYING SOCIETY.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10068, 9 February 1909, Page 4

OAMARU BEAUTIFYING SOCIETY.

Th-c f.irs?C annual meeting of the above was. held .it. the Town Hall last evening, there a fair attendance. The President- I Ui' APAdaraJ oeeup-it.d the chair. 'L'he Ch-iu'ruan read the report ialready [Miiihsh'-d) nnd balaii<-e-sheet. The latter eredit be L; iice of £23 7s od. Iu ruo\iiL_:- the adaption of the report and iKil.iti'.c sae.-t. lir M'.Vdatn said ~e woaid likt to point »ut that the reason of th'j Porouiih <.'oi:ueilk-> subsidy appearing in the bahinLe-tih».'et for a lesser ariwuut than tie- amount of the subscriptions wuo due to the- Lai:: that a few subscriptions ha,d i-o:ue u: alter the subsidy had U.'on ajpii'.d for. A :arje portiou of the expenditure had '-eeu causeil by the fencing ruateriaL for Severn street. It wus rejr a '••.'autifni ien.e. certainly; but it would be reinvVe-d m ••oarse of time. A& ti. L'i.pjrt. woabi like- to emph;i«Moed ti:" i.e t tinir in Oamaiu they were in a. : ->.'.Ler [<:sit.Lon tliar. in other t-e.vrs wli: r- t; : V'. a Sneiety >r.vm_' t'. t. : i'"roagh Couneil • f'-r-pound suheddy. *! he \'>■ Society we:- tb" i>'U>-;—h Council's work t<.- a. lame mferir.. The Couneii would lb-:- t" d" .it th-.-m.-'elves. but they luid no funds. Th<- v,-ork in Sovem street had b, ; , r L i■;lly <v. a- •;ou:it « f the protection for the tr<.es. ; ;it it had been <.arri< d "Ut iatisfactoriiy. U'iir.t wiuild bo rhi we'i'le :•>? the <;or.iin« w»w;id !;e for th\ C'Uiindttee to «i.:i;ide. ThL- b.;inj; th.: annual rnei tin-j. the <"o:a----mitt.ee h"ped that tlac-e p-.'..~ent woabi be prepared to son:e idea of what should be done during the year. Personally he tlmauht tin; id .a a «■ i on< that the town should 1 e improM.d fn>ni within out■wards. It wi>iild b.-e better to do something ir. tls.- w.iy the C ommittee's ret:omrnersiati<in rather than that, they should plant more trees in the streets. Mr A. Clarke seconded the- motion for the adt>ptio r : of the re-port and thret. ife taid he- thought ir wiry sathchat the • •>inauLtee hj.d able to carry through so ir.ueh trie year, and that iinUeb-nt funds bad i-ome in to U:-ar all the e>v-t. Ffe thc.eajht the work reeom-meuth.-.i by ti:..- Comruir.t*.-e for the ensuing year wo:iid be supported by the tov;n.-%- ) peopb- te- ;in «.'ver: i.:r-_-er *'xrK-r t t than th.e wor'c e.'irri'd nut darin.; the past year. Th'.' motion was carried. U'tH-ers anil (.omri:itt..e for the yt-ar were as follows:—President. I.)r M'A^hirr.: vice-president. Mr -L l»ulleid : treasurer. Mr W. C. M'lfouall: hop., secretary. Mr Ivnn Morton. Committee : E-ady memW rs—Mesdnmes \Y. Milne. P. Williams. tAirland. J. M. Forreiter. I>. S. Montagu. -L IJalietd. and E. T. Eari: gentlemen—Drs Uouclas. Whitton. and bhirland. and Mc-ssrs J. Gebbhk. J.is. M'l«>ren. and \V. Strachan. In mi'vin_- the re-ele>;tion ~f the Pr€«idciit. Dr Douglas paid a neat tribute to the services al"tady rendered by Dr M'Ad;?m. Tie So.-b-ry viere in that they were we[; Hne'-:e>i up by ihe Couneil ar.d t'aat Hr M'Adam was a member of the Courxii. On th» % mi-tiot! "f Dr the con-stituti'-.n v.;-.* edt'-red s-- :l- t" ailov/ oi three country ■ gentlemen tt-ing addevl to the Committ.-c. an-1 Mecv>rs Stanl.-v IteM. Rr.sil Seth-Smith. ar.d J. C'owie 'Xichols Were \"otes of tiiani-rs were accorded the president. sec?> tary. and auditor tor their services. It was agreed r?.::r rhv sanje method of collecting s::b>cri; tions adapted for the ensuing year as wrs adopted last- year. The impro\,-m. n f -1;-: Itcher. street ' rts.>rve was adopt*: as t' e main | work for th» % year. On. the re.ot'.er. ca Dr b>e.-.:~[as. seconde*.' by Dr Carlar.d. it ..:rc-~d that representations l.v r.-,ad-:- c. :::• Wait.iki Conntv Couneil with re-card t--. the Kakr.r.ui bea-:h. Dr sabl be '-e-.-.TEird the beach as ••r.e of the natr.:;.l beantv spot.- -a•:* bat it wi.-, made a dLirapinj irround for rubbish. j Mr notes with satisfaetir-n. the work bevnh » done by Mr Rullebt ;n l>cantif\ cne of i the reserves at the seat!; end the town." } NTr Stn:chan seennde-l the ruction, which ; was eatriod. ' A vote of thank.- to the chair cle-sod i the j .