A MARTON TRUST.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 939, 5 October 1910, Page 4

A MARTON TRUST.

TO PKOMOTE THE:MUSE- ; 0F TOTA^' :' ; ;V^'- :': .;:-/?;; ABSTINENCE.'.;/;-* :y;:-;;g; Representations Were niade; to the Brim* Minister',on'-;'Monday.'^by::■ a ■' deputation.' l , introduced by.; Jit. J. Stallworthy,, M;R,, in regard to a. difficulty which had. arisen! atj Marton;-It//was''. stated '.that" in' : >lß77|* :Sir.;- William'.Fox-.left a piece of .land, ini '■: : Marton in; the.hands/of;certain'.trustees,;'. all of them temperance : : people, - and:: two ■ of. theni'Kechabites./, Thetrustees;:were",! to erect- a,{building//upon' the .land, and'; generally'use. itpto promote'; the. cause cot ■ total abstinence.' ::,lhe."position' was, that', all,the .wereinow' dead,'■:after;thai; last'suryivihg.bne ;had-leased : the'land.to)-:the'Salvation;:Army.;v;:The-deeds';;we'ra'; now 'held'by/the'latter,: -w-hich,*, however;: did hot, want- the land, r.-;It : was'therefore/ hoped; that the: Prime ', 'Minister-, would :-bV able. to/;see-his,w:aytoiappoiht new::trus.:; tees:to barry out the' intention of ~the brig- / ..inal. {trust /.without: there {.being/,, necessity; for.any':special-legislation../ JThere would': be.nbdifficulty.it-wiis'said, in'gettihg,the!. ; Salvation Army to| declare-that it .did noi! how 'claim; the land." ':.; : ;:.:*-, -l''•■'}'-■ /{!-'{'':-/' ; -{

~{ Sir {Joseph: Ward; said' that/if, the/depu*; tation .would, undertake;-tp ; secure - ;such':a* he'would ■;undertake -tp{ : sew that; trustees were; appointed, and -put in; '.the same. posiHon .as ;before.';'.:He::wbuld!; ,put .the provision into: a/Bill, whenbring*'; ing""down,-.a. general; measure.:; \\st {{;-:■