MARSHLANDS AMENITIES.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13227, 22 September 1908, Page 8

MARSHLANDS AMENITIES.

—; ; -« _._. ■'■ A BREEZY MEETING. .

The annual meeting of tho subscribers to the Marshlands Public Hall last evening was characterised by much breeziness, and accusation- and recriminations were freely indulged in. Mr Geo. Cox was voted to the chair, and' there was a largo attendance. Th© report of the Mana____ent Committee was adopted. The balance-sheet for tho year ending August 31st showed:-—Receipts £64 16s 6d, expenditure £36 19s 9d, credit balance £17 lbs 9d. Tho assets were £454|11s 9d, liabilities £100, surplus of assets orer liabilities £270 11----9 d. . Tho balance-sheet was, adopted. An animated discussion arose as to th© relative powers of the trustees and tho Management Committee in fixing the scale ot charges tor the hire of tha hall, and after tno Chairman had road tho deed of trust, Mr J. S. .Myers moved and Mr Alexander secoackd, that the incoming Management Committee have power to fix th© charges. Mr Walters, chairman of tho trustees, stated that he thought' the chttrgea were too high, "aud lie bad given notice of motion to lower them. In his opinion tho trustees, could override th© Management Committee. That,'h© said, was the lawyer's ruling/ The Chairman (emphatically): I don'tv car© what tho lawyer's ruling is. I rule otherwise. Mr Myers's motion is on "all fours" with tho motion at th© last annual meeting, when Mr Waltere was in th© chair. V . Mr Dass theii moved an amendment, which tho Chairman attempted to put two or three times to the meeting. '.■■'. Mr "Dass: You are trying to put th© ntotion to suit yourself. Th© Chairman energetically denied the soft impeachment, and invited Mr Dass to put his amendment In writing. This he declined to do, and the motion •was therefor© put and carried by ,ai large majority. Matters again grew very heated after the chairman intimated that the election of the management committee would bo proceeded with. Mr -Morris nominated Mr Gcode, but tho chairman protested, contending that as Mr Goodo was ono of the trustees (who had already nominated three members of tho committee) he was ; not, in the terms of the deed of trust, eligible for nomination as a subscriber. The chairman, in spite of Mr Morris's protests, refused to accept the nomination, and Mr Morris thereupon hurled a decidedly unparliamentary epithet at him. Tho Chairman: I demand that you apologise for those words. Sir, Morris: You'll wait a long time for my apology. 'Mr Goode then rose to his feet, maintaining that ho was eligible for fioniination. The Chairman: I'm taking this meetin..—not you I Mr Goode: Yon aro for tho timo being. The Chairman: I'll stop here tdl this meeting is finished. Mr Goode: If this meeting chooses to shift you, it will. The Chairman: You can't put mc out' of the chair. Mr Goode: No, but all of us can. The Chairman: les, but they wouldn't bo the cowards to do it. A voico: I think berore wo go any further Mr Morris should apologise for the expression he made ueo of. Mr Morris: I will apologiso to the chair for what I said, out 1 consider I was in my rights in nominating Mr Goodo. The warfare of words then ceased, and the nominations wero then received, tho following being elected members of the management committee (in addition to the trustees' nominees, Messrs J. 'Morris, T. Quaid, and W. J. Walter):—Messrs J. Fitzpntrick. D. Goode, J. Boloski, P. Morton, J, Myers, and P. Rogal.