BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2521, 10 February 1887, Page 2

BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

The usual monthly meeting of the North Wairarapa Benevolent Society was held at the Institute yesterday afternoon, Presunt. —Eov. W, K, Paige (Chairman), Rev. J. N, Buttle,:; Messrs Keith and Macara. : The minutes of the previous meeting, wero read and confirmed, utid.the Treasurer reported a credit balant»£|f £ls 19a lOd, amouufc of subsilp, donations, Ac., received sinco luet meeting 465 7s, expenditure £52 186 lOd. ' A letter was read from James White asking the Society to pay tho rent and assist his sister who wus left with fivechildren, as) he could afford to do it no . longer, having his own family to pro- A vide for. The Chairman ; oxplainedF that the person referred to, Mrs Cleaver, had expressed a wish to be eent to the South Island, whore she would be able to earn a living for herself and family," and the Society had paid her passage down,

The following cases were have been dealt with during the past, month Mrs O'Connor, with ona" child, whose husband had.gone to Kim?, berley, and was now in the Hospital ih" Australia through a snake bite. Since he left this district his wife had bt&a in a situation, but left it at Christmas expecting his return home, but he was' delayed through the misfortune refer- , red to. It was decided to allow, lier.;. 7s 6d a week, , ■ Mrs Williams, whose husband®)-., peared to pay no attention to tho wTntfl .. of his family. The Chairman stated .; that he found th§m in great Want, there being no food of any kind in the house,. and be had left orders to the valuo off 8s for provisions. It appears theJL Secretary had not proceeded against"' the man as lie was instructed, to <s'£ otherwise he might hay.« been compelled;;'to properly support his family. '■ -'" 1 * Three casuals had been supplied with beds and meals, having passed the town hard up, on the look out fdr work.

• Mrs Sowell. —Thia was another case where the husband.was guilty of .grow neglect. There was a family of seveu children, whoseages raiiqed from four-, teen months to nine years. The man was supposed"'to', be working, in the Hawkes Bay province, but had not communicated with his jaiply siuoo 1)i left on January ?nd. Tlio -Qhairniaa stated that he had givptf Qjfd^a• for provisions to the .value of oad - .taken out a. warrant' fot.fiis awesji, aboufc iendays ago/ :; ' . : ,It was decided- to/allow-'.-Mw Johnson mora than; os' iier week'for rent, theirusteos being of opinion th'afc that amount was . ; q(jite. aufficienti'tp allow in.any case,.l" The Chairman jlrawi, attention large number of wife desertion and thought'lt was'time somethings l done to check it. He was of opinion the Society left them too long, flnd should tako proceeclinqaimmediately they came under! their notice. 1 • ~&.t the present time there was .nothing to prevent a collusion between, the husband and wifojto rob tho Society ef its funds, tfye husband leaving the wife and family on their hands, while, they travelled about the had been cases of this description ,{&;} connection with the Society, ahd they : should 1 deal ipe promptly, in. future cases.-' The;other trustees concurred in\ Accounts amounting to .123 were'passed fon payment, ,• ' , il'. Mr James Brown was appointed • Secretary and cplleptor, Bentley, Believing Officer of the' Society, The usual cas3s of relief, were, passe dj and the meeting Adjourned, - '•••• "- f