Charitable Aid Board.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Issue 14, 25 March 1899, Page 2

Charitable Aid Board.

The-South Canterbury Charitable Aid Doaul held its monthly meeting on Tuesday- The chairman lepoited that (_-o- \ eminent subsidies had been leccned, and that the amount now to the Boan! -> ciedit would enable them to carry on till the contributions of the Local Bodies* came due again three months hence. The seci'etaiy st tied that he had bi ought the detailed h*t of the Yfaimute Tiustees' demand, ■which had been dit>cussed'at the last meeting. T-ho list' u as handed to the "Waimate membeis. Mr Ywilkei saul a mistake had been made somewhere. The trustei s felt certain that they were to have had £10 more than thp\ had received. Mr Nicol, lei'emng to a rerohitun passed at the previous meetmp, that a d should be discontinued to leceipients ft old age pensions, brought up the case lt Mr W. Barns, of Waimate. who son c Veal's ago made o\er his proporty to the Board, on condition that the Board paid him 7s a week for life Messrs Nicol and Walker stated they had seen Mr Bnrns's eopv of- the agreement, signed by the Chanmtn oi t'tie Board and Mr Gra-ndi. These latter had no •recollection of any such agreement. The secretary, turning vp the minutes found an entry respecting a, "letter fiom MvColtman- forwarding agreement, Ir, Y\ . Bums handing o\er his dedt, m aider to receive 7s a week." The Waimate members urged that the money ought to be paid, in apite. of the resolution, but the chairman said lie would act on the resolution, unless the Boaid oj tiered otherwise. If the Boaid had to pay, oi course if, Yiauld" pay. It was agreed that thg^.

nattd ~hou7<l be looked :nto, and also •• mil. ' i .i-"".f ■=■ it any. The Chan man s,ud iii.it ti" 1 l; o, i id eciiainU iic\ ci nitcnilcd to j .\ .in ..j' t init\ lo an\one legaullessof }is < ,11 i 'ii*L>p<'c"». Mr "\\ alkov insnteil ; , d tlif- Bonid must arthcie to its own nic, iiK j jilr oi .°,i\o bi\ck the deeds. Alexis Nkol and "Walker moved that if , ,(i lhreMi^nhon, the c'iMiititii finds , i, it there is an allotment b. tuien ihe j'uiul mid A ,V. Linns, he caiv\ ov% the , m (">iiu :.t m loyal ioim Mi \\ alk'n1 1 I*» t it the money w.'s not p>ud il o oi'ld he =nod Joi. '! in lcbolu'uion va, lcfusctl as being out /,' (jHU'I. vlt 'i the mt-elui^, tlie t 1 uislor oi tl'e piop.Mt\ to the Boa id % jv. 1 lound m the '■a'e b\ the .