PATRIOTIC FUND COMMITTEE.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 106, 8 February 1900, Page 3

PATRIOTIC FUND COMMITTEE.

A meeting of the Patriotic Fund Committee, was held last evening, when His Worship the Mayor presided over the 13 members present. Hie Woishjp brought up the question of Makikihi and Hook being represented on the coinrmttee. Mr Childs, of Makikihi, and Mr G. Miller, of Hook, had been instrumental in raising almost one-fifth of the funds subscribed, and it was nothing but right that they should be on the coinruitteo. It was decided to add these two names to the committee. Mr Childs took his seat, and was welcomed by Hih Worship the Mayor. Accounts amounting to J66 Is Gd in connection with - the lecture by the j Bey. Cr, Barclay were passed.

TIL . Worship then explained his ob]v3Cu in c \lh itj tli" meeting together. Tuc fund was oiigmalJy collected tor iho aid of thr wounded soldiei-, and of wul'nvb find oipliiins. The Lord I'J.T.yoi' ot London had stated that the fund for tin,-, pappose was yhcady ov^i-snh^ciibed. Under the circumstances if r-ivm -"c* th.it AVumjto's njoi>«3 ovght to be luveilcii to simt oJjov el Uiiicl. )j "juig that Cantei baiy was S'M.V.a a contingent of I rough ii'^is, ami Koith v^auteibury was fuic7iiic: in 1 i ( r (lie money, ho thought ' 'auUibui y should stan j and do so.noiiiii' 0 . r l ii 3 Ma>ot ol i'! i,i) u had viiuUn and askfd ll Y. a' nt.iii- atii.lilchs, t i" h l>)ir<y to 1 ", u r l -, ti up kt'( j p oi Uif- -juuth ('"iiitcLbm \ i»M n. I'oiil ii>(_u ol Liie ro 1 Ji udoi-, ViCio A\ dimate men, ..'..'d rliib toy , should do lL'? ij 1 ue, Howe\cr, lur-eh we mi^hi diaagitse \\ iLli iho manner of bending the cpntli-ftonf, the loft oi 1h' j contmg vit b buiny thcie could not btgot uwr. Mi M'^dloton objected stionglv to lvming moi:o T ' ior one purpose and ("inciting ihcLU to another, and J^lcck and Nicol aji^cd with tins. Mr Studliolme thdr^hfc that tho mistake was made in the first place befav.se of ignciince. If they had known then \\hat they know now the money would probably have been t-olk j ct(d lojl the Alot^ Iviea Fu.id. Mi Akhmst thought it would bo a very haul matier to got n repre&^nta tiro p".bh<: mcvlLi". 11' thov pcUcv tisi d ihat a1!a 1 ! sub c-iib?is wlio wished to tiansfer their niont y to tisc War Fund could do bo, thcie would bd' plont^ do so. Mi Hamilton said that being trustees j for the widows and ojphans, tlu-y j could iiot tiansfer the money. Lnt I from a piaetic il point of view fchrie was no bieach of tiust if the funds at Homo wne ovci-sabseribed. His Woiship considered thafc not five per cent of ihe sub^ciibers oared as long a o the money went to v, good object. The question was put to the meeting and it wase decided not to dncrt tlv) money flora the purpose for which it was subscibed. M) Beckett thotipht the Patriotic Fund ehould be closed, and tiebh lisjS be opened ior the Wai Fund Mi Child*, thouglit that New Zealand faub-^cubed money should slay heie to make up to maimed New Zealand ooldiers the dilfoicrvo between an Impeiial pension and our ideas of piy. His V/oiship said that the object of the meeting had been iulhlled. and the m tctmg had gone agamstotho dhcrsion of tha mono\ to tho Y/ar Fund. He would deelaie the Patnotic Fund list olo>~d, and would opeu other Vv'ax 1 Fund hsLi. The sum of £23 and a subscription in oats woic promised in tho room. It was decided to-call a public meeting for Friday, to iurther this pioposal. J