ISLAND BAY ELECTORS

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 66, 19 March 1931, Page 15

ISLAND BAY ELECTORS

; The monthly.•iiieetihg of theI:executive ofthe Island' Bay Electors'- Association was •held-, on; .llthaiarch, Mr.;C,.F.;pethaby presiding" over 'ah.attendance ;of" sixteeii members.. ,;A -motion -of f sympathy:' was passed to Mrs; Ben Lewis' in the passing of;her late husband, Vfho' had.been,a very active -worker in the association. ; ; -: .

\: The *secretary reported, that the appeal made i for'funds f or earthquake, relief.had met with'■; ready, response from the residents of .the bay, the .'sum 0f; i £257,:4s '3d being collected-.! ;A hearty*vqtei';of, thanks was accorded to; Mr. -.IST.' A.. Irigram, the organising secretary,l for' Ms work, and also to all those who so willingly'assisted' ;to make the appeal such a .success;.^;..„ / .vThe. treasurer, Mr.ußarnard,, founds it necessary: • on account of other— duties.; to resign; his resignation was received with ■regret, and Mr; Eicke'tts ;was^appointed.'treasurer.. •' ....'■.'...:.'.;.,. .: ;-.•■•! ;.It..was reported,'that-: a ;dcpiita!tibn. had. waited on the Minister^ of Marine asking for'.the;withdrawal of .the.vlicence-.fbr>the removal of' shingle from the.VOhiro , Bay foreshore. The Minister assured the [deputation : 'that would-■be: issued immediately. The Minister was also Raited upon with a request that; a fully-equipped lifeboat be installed on the coast,. and promised "to ' place the request before ..the Prime Minister: for.favourable. cpnsiderar tion. .'■ ■■..";•• ..■;•■ .;-o-".-■''."• :■' ■.•;•'■,'•.'■'^"v..- "v ■ It -was decided :to write to the. Secretary of tie Post; and •-Telegraph ; Department asking for the renewal of the licences for'sale of postage stamps in .the bay/and, failing", this,' for: the installing" of three stamp-vending machines. > ■:'. ."■ . '