N.Z. FOUNDERS’ SOCIETY

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25679, 16 December 1948, Page 3

N.Z. FOUNDERS’ SOCIETY

formation of branch IN CANTERBURY MEMBERS DISCUSSED t fe„? an . te l bur F PMhave received a Settlers Association a meetinc tn “vitation to attend New Zealand bra „ nch of the quallflcatinn dsr s Society, the resident in membership beins ea « ' r ° m establish? the nresident n?V h P ro . vl nces,” says R Webbim = . associa tion (Mr E. Press?’’ m a sta tement issued to “The .. /T he question at once arises as constitutes a ‘founder’ The «tab°ished C i?, nt B rb H ry P rovinces were Wakefilld” Cl of lO Edwa°rd Sbbon ; T" 6 members of the Old thunder Tohn’ V °on of C^iertu?y" e the WOrds ' F ™ader a?«c?e U s bl t^ hed ‘ The Pres ln tS Makers n? writer termed these men th» 1 Canterbury, pioneers of worZlhrJ >, £ he men he selected ent nari in Yu ° h ad .taken a prominent part in the administration of the nessTfe an in n itS Public and busi- ?® a ® “J e - In no caSe were they referred to as founders,’ ” said Mr Webb . At the gathering held by the Pilto’Te eh?a d t Set ! lers ‘ Association ebra l e tee anniversary of Cannass»Hy ’ tehpwing resolution is passed. That tins meeting expresses «?• teose far-seeing men ded thls province, and for the benefits we enjoy through their enthSte’ Persons in our thoughts are such men as E. G. WakeS’i/ R ’ Qedtey, Lord Lyttelton, and the members of tne Canterbury In Canterbury we were lucky that the word ‘Pilgrim’ was as-soc?-^ed with the first colonists. Many of the passengers in the First four Ships and other ships took part x? , e fprniation of the Pilgrims' and Early Settlers’ Association here, and no J? e teem claimed the right to be called founders.’ However, they have a clause in their rules which more than meets the ideas of the Founders’ Association. It rtms as follows: ‘All ordinary members who shall have' ar,o=ed ln Canterbury before January 1, 1854, or are children or grandchildren of such members, shall be known as foundation members ’ ”