MACARTHY TRUST.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20626, 16 August 1932, Page 4

MACARTHY TRUST.

DISTRIBUTION OF £12,500.

TOTAL ALLOCATIONS £179,527.

(i-RESo ASSOCIATION T£LEGKAM.)

WELLINGTON, August 15,

The annual meeting of tho Board of Governors of the T, G. Maearthy Trust was held at Parliament Buildings today. There were present his Excellencv the Govcrnor-Geueral (Lord Bledisloo), the Prime Minister (the lit. Hon. G. W. Forbes), his Grace Archbishop Kedwood, liia Worship the Mayor (Mr T. 0. A. Hislop), and the Public Trustee (Mr J. W. Macdonald), chairman of the Advisory Committee to the Board of Governors.

The Trust was created by the will of Mr T. G. Maearthy for charitable and educational purposes iu the provincial district of Wellington. Since the benefactor's death in 191'2 £irs),o'J7 has been distributed amongst the objects of his bounty, and this year £12,500 is available for division.

In making reference to the exceptional dilliculties and anxieties which are being experienced in regard to commercial, linancial, and business interests, the Public Trustee said: <'l regret that the general economic depression has continued to affect, often with dramatic intensity, the circumstances of nearly every individual in tho community, with a result that the difficulties and responsibilities surrounding the administration of a trust holdiug such largo interests as docs the T. G. Macarthy Trust have largely increased." The spread of unemployment, loss ot' earning power, and additional taxation had made it extremely hard to maintain the revenue of the estate. Notwithstanding all this, however, he was pleased that as a result of the year's operations ho was able to provide £12,500 for the Board of Governors. At the same time, however, ho felt bound to mention that with the continuance of the prevailing depression it might well bo anticipated that difliculty would be encountered iu obtaining payment of interest and rents in the ensuing year. Moreover, it had to be remembered that by terms of the National Expenditure Adjustment. Act, 10."2, all rent and interest from April Ist, was eompulsorily reduced. This reduction would obviously bo reflected in next year's accounts? nud there were therefore good grounds for forecasting a further reduction in the amount available for distribution on the next occasion.

Principal Grants. Grants of £IOO aud over in the allocation of £12,500 are as under. —

AH Saints' Children's Homo. Palmerston North .. -00 Anglican Boys' Howes' Society, Wellington .. . . 300 British Empire Cancer Campaign Society .. .. 100 British Bed Cross Society. Wellington (to be expended solely for relief of poverty and distress) .. . . 200 British Sailors' Society (X.Z. branch), Wellington .. 180 Central Belief Committee, Palmerston North .. .. 100 Citizens' Day Nursery, Wellington 150 Convent of Mercy, Palmerston North (to bo ox ponded solely for relief of poverty and distress) .. .. 135 Free Kindergarten Association, Wellington .. ... 300 Homo of Compassion, Island Bay 600 Homo for Incurables, Wellington (£2OO of the grant is to bo expended solely for tho relief of poverty and distress) .. 430 Mothers' Helpers, Wellington .. 200 Parochial School, Lower Hutt .. 175 Plunket Society, Potpne .. 110 Plunket Society, Wanganui .. 100 Plunket Society, Wellington .. 400 Eeturned Soldiers' Association. Wellington (to be expended solely for the relief of poverty and distress) .. .. 115 Roturned Soldiers' and Sailors' Hostel, Wellington (to be expended solely for tho relief of poverty and distress) .. 100 St. Barnabas Babies' Home Society, Wellington .. 130 St. Joseph's Orphanage, Upper Hutt .. .. .. 675 St. Mary's Guild, Karori, Wellington .. .. .. 400 St. Thomas's Boys' School. Nni Xai , . . 445 St. Vincent de Paul Society, Wellington .. ~ .. 350 Salvation Army Home for Destitute and Mothorlcss Children, Wellington .. .. 135 Salvation Army Home for Destitute BBd Orphan Boys, Wallaccvillo .. ... 100 Salvation An*y Maternity Home. Wellington ./ .. 100 Salvation Army Men's Home, Miramar .. .. .. 135 Salvation Army Men's Hostel, Vivian street,, Wellington (to be expended solely for the relief of poverty and distress) 150 Salvation Army Men's Shelter and Samaritan Homo, Wellington 275 "Smith Family," Wellington (to be expended solely for tho relief of poverty and distress) 150 Wellington Boys' institute and S.

A. Rhodes Home for Boys .. ."00 Wellington City Mission .. 000 Wellington Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society .. . 100 Women's National Reserve Resi-

dojitial Nursery, Wellington.. 175 Young Women's Christian Association, Wellington .. .. 200 Mayor's Fund, Wellington .. 500 The Henry Wilshaw Trust. In addition to the allocations in the Macarthy Trust, the Board of Governors dealt with the amount—£730 —available from the Henry Wilshaw Trust. Under the Thomas George Macarthy Trust Act, 3912, the Board is empowered to accept other trusts for cbaritablo or educational purposes, cither generally or as specified in the will or other trust instrument, Mr Henry Wilshaw, of Wellington, a gardener, who died on February 2nd, J930, directed the Public Trustee to hold the residue of his estate j for such charitable purposes in the pro- ' vinco of Wellington as the Board of Governors of the Thomas George Macarthy Trust shall determine. Last year the administration of the estate had not been completed, but £750 was available for distribution by the Board of Governors. In view of the depression, the Board determined that this sum should be applied solely for the relief of poverty and distress. The administration of the estate has now been completed, and there remains a final balance of £730 for division. The Board of Governors authorised the following grants:— £ The Mayor's Fund, Wellington .. 200 Salvation Army, Wellington .. 150 Home for Incurables, Wellington 75 St. Vincent de Paul Society, Wellington .. .. ..125 Wellington City Mission .. 180 In the July issue of the magazine of the Port of London Authority an incident from the past is recorded in thfc act of a man who, in July, 1766, for a wager, crossed the Thames at London Bridge in a butcher 'a tray. He wore a cork jacket and paddled serosa with his hands, landing safely and winninrr his wager. Over 70 boat* full of spectators were on the scene, »ad it is said tiutt ffi4oO : ttagende& as tibs ftfe. {