BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2500, 14 January 1887, Page 2

BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

, r The annual .meeting of ,to the North \Wairiisapa BenevolentSociety wpjlield/in The May afternoon, : Piwnt~Rev.!,W.. E, Paige, Messrs W.'Hrßeetliam, R, Dngg, Keith, J. Payi6n,"'B- P. Berry, \V, Cellar niid;H,:H, Sniith. . . Theitev, W/E.-'Palgejvasvoted.totiie.! /eb.air, and ex|ilainetl tlnit,;O.wip'g jto|the | .'*l'???®® ?f ; ,,Se9r(-taiY iIN! nMs"the- Committee' to' place tilings before in such adear manner as wish.The Ti i-asni'er .(fl'r.i '-read' a statement of amounts duringithe year, •shewingtliH receipts to Ijb .-£508 : 3 a Bd, distributing re* lief)£4lß lis 6d.; office:4M: other •exitPiiKeß £23" 4s • 8d; oasbun hand:. The'liabilities'iyere;.. £46 9s lOd imd the amounts due,froW ti'iliiitinst bodies 4100. viz,, jtfaaterton Borough ' £25, North ' Cbimty '£2s, Government ipu jtsidj:' ';orj.,v. i-.--! aboveaiiVonriiß ?-. The. Treasurer drew ; ■ rather a-il.obMyi j»rßpeotivs. : of -&• ■Societies that tisr!&. ; jpajiies were- at'tforite of'about ;.£soo': J.ayear witboivt .the hope, of •half that amoujit ; m ,',- ■'••••

r '-T))e Ohairinatt; Midjjtha of the =Sooieiy wasa ieriofl^q^tioa'^ to: face.; .They, had; stared'.'as, an', iode* pis'ndent;,inetitutipn to : ,rat<e, on the promisfl of support; -from fet'lers,' which had Vnot'.i.beeu "carried out. ; He giid he . was. compelled Jo S|)eak plainly on "tlje : 'matter, md considered those persons who had put dfw their naniefi Kir certain. amounts Kliiinlil'iii gooij ■ faith subscribe' The Secretary bad informed the Qonitrjittee tlmt S'vhi'hl hid refined tin promised supp (Ju tliH pioa that a poor rale w i"M liH_.sti,ni:k. Hn did not thilik ihi'fill, as.ihe Committee had, been i lee'tHil liy I lie Riil'-scrrberrf, and- they should lie supported. They Imd done ve y good work' diirin« the .year in relieving distress and lie particularly dr-w attention io the Jackson family whom tbt) Soiiety had undertaken to support instead of ..-allowing.'the children to liu-.Hsijt to the Industrial Scho'il; thurei^'-iviiiulmuc L9JO to i lie district. :ii;i:he casual casf.s Ifiid bwu i;eli>'veiliiiLA;stttihhcti)i>y manner, liy nmkiiig al'humeuients with • tlin Bnroiigli Council# {jutting the men He also alluded to the c ise of an old soldii;r wl'wse |wssi|ge.had been paid fi Krisjlaud l«y the :joiut Trustees of the Hcapital and Benevolent Society, thi'i's. suviii!} an annual-expeuio. on -both ■bodies. He move:! theadojition of the, lialancn sheet. Mr Beeibam seconded the .adoption of the report* ' " ;' ; • At the request of JlrPayfcotv.tlie read a list of chose subibers who had noi'paid the -amounts theijafttß time ,he said th« Coin in ittee cou Itl v *hofc'. chfor ..its '«on-e(3tiie^o\yibfj aijseace of the Secretary. . t\;.. ;Mr®eethami ; stig^|^t : M those ■ au intinrntion-.that: ahbt&iyear's subficri|ition was due.' '"if 1 on.. the'. subject:. The.. list - was an in saying that the bult'pf ; the amount .:0 lid > beeolleoted an ivasser in a very short time. The ■irustees seems 1 plaoed m a very awkwd position, and said they could not go on unlpsß'the siibsorijStion6 were sot in. He believed that the sum, -.of. ,£2OO oniihl be got in with a little effort'j and he concluded by asking the 1 Frustoes if they felt, inclined to drop ih« niatter lircaiiae ' tb'.y bad not got li» inoiiev in. . - '' Mr linith explainfld that .it would'

j require nearly 1500 to carry on during the year, to the. expenditure •if tliM past year. • ' M r Diiim iiskeil if tlio promised suli-

•ieriptiuns would meet the required

■ Mr Keith Slid it woulil go a good • hiiv towauls it, ;Mr |ointed out tint a great many persons were led to believe "hat 'when the su'seripiMi list wis take,, round that it was ii special ell'i, t and u"t an annual ad'air. • !| hey thought th y were only required to give ill 'amount Ihev put tliei.- mines down for. and would not lie usbl ligaiu. He said h s experhiee was that poverty yrnw with liberality, He did not think settlers shoiild 1)H. : taxed with illiher ality, as no doubt if they were asked • thfiv would pay their subscriptions. Mr Payton said Mr Hogg wag I ilwring under a with regard • to the list, • Tho promises were made last year when the - special eßort was made, and the list read was for the amounts then promised and not paid.' He said that the spurt of last year, had evidently been' followed by extreme apathy. .. Mivßeetham said ho belioysd that' tliß'Siilißcribfli's would all pay if they were asked, and would rather increase their- Bubseriptions than see;a "rate levied. For his part be .would rather double his-than "see. Mt donej He .thought tlmvvshould remunerate the onllector sufficiently,'" to that lip: could 'aff>rd the time iu.oolleqting the eiib:ucriptions. , . . .. The balance sheet was then adopted. "Mr Beetham moved, and MrPaytoa seconded, " That 1 fug district, fe; tb future as in the past, continue to gop'.: port the'needy-oaaes bavin" recourse to a r#,-oamed. ' :: . " The R'ovs W. ; B; I»aiga and D. Fttlton.were re-elected Trustees for the ensiling year, and a thanks .to. (the-Ghairinan'oonoladed'-tha meeting.