NEW PLYMOUTH PIERROTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 August 1917, Page 2

NEW PLYMOUTH PIERROTS.

GENERAL MEETING. A general meeting of the No# Ply- j mouth Pierrots 'was held in the Soldiers' | Chib on Tuesday night, Mr. J. MeLeod I presiding. An apology was received for | the absence of the president. Mr. 11. | Brookman, and a vote of sympathy with g him in his illness was passed. J The treasurer, .Mr. J. IT. Fowler, read | a balance-sheet showing that the -unount I on hand was ;CIS2 !)s 7d, hut there wera oevernl matters outstanding, and it was hoped to make the amount up to £2OO. The sum of £IOOO had been handed to tho Patriotic Committee and £2 r i to tho Red Gross Koeiety. If, as it win hoped, tho balance 011 hand was increased to £2OO, that sum would be available for the Patriotic Committee, making the total for that organisation £IBOO. Ho wished to add that the balantc-sheet was not yet quite' complete; when it was. lie would publish the full details in tho local papers. The chairman moved the adoption of tlu> interim balance-sheet, expressing the opinion that it was very creditable im deetl, the results being very much better than had been expected. He mentioned that the Patriotic Committee bad handed over £SOB of the amount reeehed by them to Airs. Burgess's committee. The liiotioy was carried, and !t was decided to express hearty apprr.fal of the Patriotic Committee's action in al- I locating £BOO to Mrs. BurgesVs com- I mittco. I The treasurer was a\ithorised 1o pay | over the money 011 hand and to be real- jj ised, estimated at £2OO, to the Patriotiu | Committee. 9 A letter was received from the* North jj Taranaki Patriotic 'League, asliii.t; tho | Pierrots to assist at their "aurprUa 1 basket day" at VPaitara on 'September 1 • 13. —On the motion of Mr. Fow<?r. seeonded by Mr. J. E. Hill, it waa r-solved to heartily eoxliply with the req«c-£t, the executive to make the necessary arrangements. , M Mr. Morev moved, seconded l.y Mr. || Eberlet, "That tho thanks of flic Pier- pj rots be tendered to the press for f.ho publicity to tho Thousand Pound Day effort, and to all, outside the P'«rrot«, -|l who assisted in any way in mak'ng tho '«| day so great a nuecess."—'Carriui nnani- '. J mously. w|