ARNABOLDI TESTIMONIAL FUND.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2925, 14 April 1891, Page 2

ARNABOLDI TESTIMONIAL FUND.

In acknnwledßint; the receipt "f the Waikitliic'iiilnbutinii to the above fund. Mr K. ,1. Duncan, the lion, secretary, writes to Mr (J. Kdgfietimbn as follows : — Vesterday I had groat plesisure in receiving your esteemed favour nf i-Wo 10th hist., enclosing cheque on the Bank ot Xew Zealand for £?3 Is. being amount collected by you and Mr Kom>t, of Cambridge, fur 'the Arnabnl li testimonial. I laid your communication before the committee hst niu'ht. who instructed met.« cimve.y its hearty thanks to ymi anil all friends in the Wiiikatu, more especially to Mr Fnresi, win) sii fjßiip.riiiisly suid nobly responded to the ;in|ieiil made by the committee nn behalf nf Miss Arnabolili. Without your assistance the amount »n be. handed to her would hive been much smaller than we hoped and intended it to be. Unfortunately, some have attributed the motives to the fiction taken as ,s;ivnnrnig of il political, professional or personal character. Such, allow me to assure you, is very unfounded and unfair. Persons who sire members of the committee and .subscribers to the fund are nf every clans, and hold the most diverse views of public affairs. I feir the real reason is to find an excuse for refraining from giving us any monetary assistance. The oommitten resolved to present the. address and purse of sovereigns to Miss Aruaboldi in a formal way, at soma public room, on Monday, 20th inst., the menting to bo sinnonnced by ndvertisement, and tho public interested and the many sympathisers with u< are invited to be present to show their appreciation of Miss Arnaboldi's useful and courageous action. The committen hope that you, Mr Forrest, or Mr Litham, if convenient, may be present on the occasion. Again expressing thn thanks of the committee <>n behalf of Miss Arnaboldi, as wrII as their own as individuals, to which allow me to add my own, —I am, &c, P. J. Duncan.