THE CHARITABLE AID TROUBLE.
Resignation of Members.
The following letter has been handei to the Times for publication ; Wellington, June 2,1893. To the Secretary of the ; United Distriot Charitable Aid Board.
Sin,—The enquiry which took place yesterday before the Board of Commissioners on the question as to whether,the United District Charitable Aid Board Were'juatified in refusing to grant to the Benevolent Society so 1 largo a aum as £5750 for charitable aid for the present year,'has clearly shown the following facts;— '
1. That the Onited District Charitable Aid Board has no real control over the expenditure, and that the statutory powers conferred upon it by Parliament in that respect are absolutely inoperative. 2. That it is impossible for. the United District Charitable Aid Board to institute that personal examinatibn'into the individual olatms for relief the administration of.tho Benevolent' Society wbioh' are necessary in'the opinion of tjie 'Board of 00.-ntuiesinne'rs to warrant any refusal on the part of the United' District Cjjarj.iatile A|d • Bqari to find the money'demalided by the Benevolent Sqpiety., :'.■• - 1 ' ••-. <:
' , Under these circumstances, and as We are quite assured that the Benevolent Society are imposing enormous burdens upon the ratepayers of the city wbjqheerfe f quite unjustified, we are determined' to retire from a board which has no real, power, and' .whose .existence,!as aoheok either upon improper expenditure or the de* niands ap'onit/'Haa proved 'to be an absurdity. ',.-,,:>..■..,.. ;We therefore .'tender you our.rfr signations'as membersof the boatfe ":v, r.:;:;: ;iWe are; Bir,;i )<:oki-~< , \ Tour obedient servants, ; ~,-i .' L, L. Habbis, John E'Hbaton, ■'--■' Henby'Jas, Whiie, ' -" im imum ■
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4437, 6 June 1893, Page 2
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258THE CHARITABLE AID TROUBLE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4437, 6 June 1893, Page 2
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