THE BATEY BELIEF FUND.

Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 35, 16 November 1871, Page 3

THE BATEY BELIEF FUND.

A committee meeting was held at the Pacific Hotel, at 7.30 last evening. The members present were Messrs Banks (chairman), Pulleine (lion, secretary), Grove, Knoops, Bull, M'Cabe, Daykin, Day, Boss, Morton. The Secretary having read the minutes of the last meeting, which were duly confirmed, The Chairman said that their business this evening was to receive the subscription lists, and to inform the meeting the amount already collected, and paid into the bank.

Mr. Grove asked if lists had been sent to Coromandel and Tapu, and, if not, he proposed that such lists should be sent at once.

The Chairman said he had not done so at present, but would take the earliest opportunity. The Secretary read a list of the amounts actually collected, which were asfollows: — Amount paid into the Bank of New Zealand, £ll4 3s ; collected by Messrs. Bull and Grant, £3B 3s 6d ; Mr. Curtis, £lO 12s 6d ; Mr. Walker, £4 12s 6d ; Bendigo Independent, through Messrs. Smith and Rolleston, £7 ; Mr. Hammerton, £6 14s 6d ; Messrs. Plutnridge and Miller, £7 3s ; Mr. Teesdale, £lO 10s ; Mr. Pulleiue, £1 ; making a total of £2OO. An approximate sum was also announced as collected, but not handed in, amounting to £47 14s. Mr. Day then proposed the following resolution :—“ That the committee meet at the same time and place on Wednesday, 22nd inst, to receive subscription lists, with a view to advertising the same i nextenso in the local journals of Saturday, the 25th instant, and that the Secretary see to advertising the same.” Seconded by Mr McCabe. Mr Knoots proposed the second resolution, as follows “ That the Secretary be instructed to write to the proprietors of the local journals, and request them to publish the subscription lists in extenso at the trade cost of setting up the type.” This resolution caused some discussion.

Mr. Grove suggested that the resolution be withdrawn, He thought the proprietors of the several newspapers had sufficient demands upon their purse at present without being requested to publish a long list like the one before the meeting, at a merely nominal cost. He thought that if the matter were left to the generosity of those gentlemen it would be more courteous than to dictate what the proprietors should do. He considered it a bad precedent.

Mr. Day said the same thing was done in the case of the ‘ Tauranga ’ Relief Fund, when' Mr. Corlett was present, and volunteered to do the printing at trade cost. The motion was eventually carried nem con.

Mr. Morton (representing Mr. Carey) proposed the 3rd resolution : —“That the committee accept the kind offer of the lessees of the Theatre Royal, viz, as a benefit to be given on Monday next, the terms being one half gross yield of the house, and the secretary be insructed to proceed with the necessary arragements.” —Seconded by Mr. Ross. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings.