THE FLORAL FETE.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE SURPLUS.
The joint committee of the Ladies' Benevolent Society and the Auckland Veterans' Home met in the Municipal Buildings yesterday afternoon. The Mayor, Mr A. Kidd, M.H.R., occupied the chair, and there were also present, Messrs W. Thorne, H. C. Tewsley, W. H. Churton, Mesdames Nelson, Goodall, Mvers. Stevens. Taylor, Keane, and Culpan. The treasurer, Mr W. Thorne, presented a, statement of the receipts and expenditure in connection with the Floral Fete, showing that gross receipts were £.754 16/fl, and the expenditure £218 2/10, leaving a net profit of £53(5 13/8. It was decided to vote £ ISO to-, wards the Veterans' Home, and the re-1' maining two-thirds of the profit to the! Ladies' Benevolent Society. On the motion of the Mayor, a cordial vote of thanks Mas accorded the ladies' for; their successful organisation of the floral j fete. Mr Tewsley, in reply to one of the j ladies present, stated that the total previously raised for the Veterans' Home was £760, and a desire was manifested to sec the total brought to £ 1000. To assist this end, Mr A S. Ford, late of H.M. 66th Regiment, handed in a subscription of. ; £l 1/ to Mr Tewsley, one of the treasurers of the fund.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 35, 10 February 1903, Page 5
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