CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2312, 4 June 1886, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

TkE benevolent society. •" ' '■ theEpifbii.) Eilßj—)Vi)l you kindly permit me space to answer, a 'letter aitjned Subscriber" il|)p.cariug. hi your issue of yieatorday. I distinctly deny that the canvass for subBcHptkiiisin'aid tifft'widow at Kuripuni yviis made'by'iiiy ( piutlibiUty'as Secretary of •,the' Ncirth' Beiiiav'olent Society, ■and have |n this aß.ju afl othfer cases where /my opinion' has beeu ; .askol» stated that ! r th'e '6bjeot'bf the Society .is to discourage ;thei coll&ctibSpi' of' pi'ivate Subscriptions for .. ohii iho ' piilisbr ipti(»n shave been has been - rdqtiested'" r tio. adiiiinisfcer, them for the i'benefit of theTe'cipientiit ha?, and I think wisely, aicede'd 'to ! thfe "request. With r.re'gard- :to ; 'atateniei\t;;th'at unless such f'a'canvass was made,'tM Society could not /aßsidb'thercaaej: l.mwtrefer" Subscriber" I to' thb rtport of: tlw meeting of the Trusrtees'whifch'ftppe'Meid in the'same issue of yoyr Ijapjar as ,his letter," 'ifid ill which he Vlill.fin^that tile' h : ad been giving ; .relief:in!this';Case before'the'death of her husband,? had becomje responsible fur the expenses of the funeral,, and had voted : the'hum'.bf £1 piiMveek for the maiiitptvw fliyjp ,qf .Jh6' and t#p ! '•mm :: * ;g •' Mi Masterton, 4th June; 'IBB6. ' ifs v ,