MASTERTON INSTITUTE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1031, 24 March 1882, Page 2

MASTERTON INSTITUTE.

ELECTION OF COMMITTEE. About CO citizens assembled at the upper ", room of the Institute last night for the purpose of electing a new committee. This being the first time the ratepayers and subscribers had the privilege of electing their own committee—the Council having hitherto nominated .the members of it—an unusual amount of interest was taken in the proceedings."the Mayor occupied the chair, awtaned the meetiiig.py.expjlaining' its objeotTittjd asking for nominations;-''" : '" '■•'■' "^*"^s? Mr Caselberg,. before the nomination was proceeded with, would like to say a few words on the position of the Institute. An imprebsiun had got abroad that the Council b action was a sort of censure on the old Committee. This he desired, as i a member of the Committee of the Council in the matter, to emphatically contradict. All could bear witness to the fact that the committee had dons their duty fairly and well, and to the best of their ability, though heavily weighted down,!, The original promoters had, built a beautiful structure, but, like a man who jspent all his money in building a house,'they had nothing left for furnishing, The > had decided to come forward and, jelieve tho committee from this position, to wipe out the debt, mid give the luaiituto a fair - Bbirt."The Borbiigh. .Council had done, a very graceful action inflowing ratepayers and subscribers to, nominate,their,own • Committee, and it how rested -with' thojt ■; present to exercise this privilege by elect- - ing a Committee which would becalcula- " ted tu popalariae.theinstitution., They , would have an ample revenue now .with rates and subscriptions, The latter', by good manaßement could be lately .increased, and a good Bum would be available for the purchase of new books; Ac, ■ He thought every new book worth having should be procured fur the Institute us soar, as published, but last tear all the Committee had at their disposal for- purchasing books was £ls—a sum of course totally inadequate for the purpose. He believed that the Committee to be elected that evoning would do their beet to put the Institute on a good footing.--(Ap-plause.) The chairman then asked for nominations, when the following were proposed and on being voted for polled ilie number of votes set opposite their names:— . W.Sellar 34 T. E. Price ...20 M. Caselberg ... 33 A. B. Bunny... 20 W. T. Grundy ... 27 W. G. Beard... 18 J. C. Boddington 25 J. Vile 13 A. E. S. Carr ... 25 G. M. Park .i. 12 A. W. Hogg ... 25 C. De Caßtro"... 11 D. McGregor ... 23 D, Mcintosh... V) J. Payton 21 F.T.'Redman.,. }0 G.Beetham ... 21 B. K Perry '..'. 8 m he first nine were declared duly ™ elected and will be submitted to the Borough Council for its approval,