£11,130 DISTRIBUTED

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 266, 7 August 1934, Page 2

£11,130 DISTRIBUTED

The Macarthy Trust ANNUAL ALLOCATION Many Charities to Benefit MEETING OF THE BOARD A distribution of £11,130 for charitable purposes was authorised at the annual meeting of the Thomas George Macarthy Trust, which was held in the Executive Council Room of the Government Buildings yesterday. The total allocations from the Macarthy Estate since 1913 now exceed £200,000. The total amount of the latest annual allocation is larger than that of the previous year, which was £10,145. There were present at yesterday’s meeting the Governor-General (Lord Bledisloe), Hon. E. A. Ransom representing the Prime Minister, Archbishop O’Shea, the Mayor of Wellington (Mr. T. C A. Hislop), and the Assistant Public Trustee (Mr. W. G. Baird), chairman of the advisory committee to the Board of Governors. As in former years, applications for grunts from the trust were called for by advertisements in the Press, and lo< applications were received, as compared with 156 last year. They cover a wide range of objects concerned with charity and education, and, as usual, the majority of them are on behalf of organisations which have previously participated in distributions from the trust. In accordance with the usual practice, the applications were considered bv the advisory committee set up under the authority of the Thomas George Macarthy Trust Act, 1912, The present personnel of this committee is as follows:—Mr. A. 11. Atkinson, Mr. E P. Bunny, Mrs. Henry Hall, His Honour Mr. Justice Johnston, Lady Luke, C.8.E., Mr. G. A. Troup, C.M.G., with the rublie Trustee as chairman. After considering the Public Trustee’s report and the recommendations of the advisory committee, the Board of Governors decided to make grants, as set out in the schedule printed below. The board, it is stated, has given particular consideration to poverty and distress existing as the result of the economic depression.

TESTATOR’S ASSETS

Public Trustee’s Report

DIFFICULT YEAR ENDED

In his report to the Board of Governors at yesterday’s meeting the Public Trustee referred with great rcgiet to the recent dealt) of Mrs.' Macarthy Reid, the widow of the testator. lie said that her passing would be deeply regretted by all sections of the community, and especially by those who Jiad personal knowledge of her many charitable actions, The I’ublic Trustee's report showed that the assets of the testator’s estate are valuable, and comprise:—

1. Freeholds: (a) Hotel properties (town and . country); (b) City, shop and warehouse properties; (c) City residential properties, 2. City and Plioenix Brewery. 3. Mortgages of freehold lauds.

4. Shares and debentures comprising large holdings in well-known public

companies. The I’ublic Trustee advised that difficulties were still being experienced in the administration of the trust owing to the existing economic conditions, the compulsory reduction in rent and interest, and increased taxation, but notwithstanding these matters it was pleasing to report that a sum of £9OOO would be available for distribution. During Mrs. Macartliy-Reid’s lifetime only one-half of the residuary income was distributed to charities. Iu •view of her death, the whole of the residuary estate, except two properties specifically dealt with in the will, will now be available for this purpose, and consequently there will be a larger sum at the disposal of the Board of Governors for distribution next year. In view of the increase in the amount which will be available for distribution next, year, ami the continued distress and poverty existing on account of the prevailing economic conditions, the Board, at the suggestion of his Excellency, resolved that it would be justified

in utilising a portion of next year’s income for the purpose of increasing the grants this year, and additional grants totalling £2130 were authorised.

The Public Trustee also reported that consequent on the death of Mrs. Macar-thy-Reid the important question arose whether future distributions should be limited to the income from the estate, or whether, in addition, the capital should be made available. As to the policy to be adopted in this connection the board decided to defer consideration of the question, and to hold a special meeting at an early date to consider this important matter. LIST OF GRANTS The list of grants is as follows. Last year’s donations are shown in parentheses, and where no comments appear no application was received. “N.A.” signifies new application. 1. After Care Association, Wellington Nil N‘ 2. Alexandra Home, Wellington Ml (Nil) 3. All Saints’ Children’s Home, I’alinerston North XuU (lou/ 4. Anglican Boys’ Homes Soei’ety, Wellington <i<3 ("m) .5. Aubert Rome of Compas-, sion, Wanganui U d ' 6. Boy Scouts’ Association, Wellington 30 J 3 “J 7. Brigidlne Convent, Carterton 2o (-» 8. Brigidlne Convent, Poston . o 5 (ou) (). British Empire Cancer Campaign Society, Wellington .. uO (Ml) 10. British Sailors’ Society (N.Z. Branch), Wellington lyO UoO) 11. Carterton Public Library . Nil N.A. 12. Catholic Infant School, Miramar (<W) 13. Central Dental Clinic, W anganttl AH N.A. 14. Central Belief Committee, Palmerston North l- d ( JU ) 13. Children’s Health Camp Association, Wellington 30 (2v) 10. Citizens’ Day Nursery, Wellington 120 (I~<D 17. Citizens’ Unemployment Relief Committee, Upper Hutt . -5 (-•’) 18. Civilian Blind Advisory Committee (Red Cross), Wellington «>0 WO! 10. Convent of Mercy, Rahnerston North ;•.... (l-o) £lOO to be expended solely on poor relief and the balance of £25 for seliool,purposes, including the requirements of St. Patrick’s Parish School Committee, Palmerston North. (See application No. 111). 20. Convent Primary School, Ixiviri 15 (io) 21. Convent School, Karori .... 35 (35) 22. Creche, Buckle Street, Weilington 300 («0) This institution now carries on the poor relief formerly assisted by these funds under the name “Homo for Incurables.” (See application No. 103.)* £260 of the grant

to be expended solely on poor relief. 23. Dental Clinic, Masterton .. Nil MA. 24. Discharged Prisoners’ Aid Socletv, Wellington SO (80) 25. District Nurse Association, Feilding 60 (00) 20. District Nurse Committee, Paekakarlki lu (lo) 27. District Nurse Committee, Paraparaumtt 10 (10) 28. District Nurse Committee, Petone 4o (3o) 29. District Nurse Committee, Shannon 10 (Nil) 30. District Nursing League, Wanganui '. 20 (2o) 31. Free Ambulance Transport Service, Palmerston North . Nil 32. Free Ambulance Transport Service, Wanganui Nil (Nil) 33. Free Kindergarten Associa- _ tiou, Lower Hutt. 25 (25) 31. Free Kindergarten Association, Wellington 250 (230) 35. Girl Guides’ Association, Wellington 15 <l3) 30. Home of Compassion, Island Bay, Wellington 500 (500) 37. Irish National Club, Wellington N'H N'.A, 38. Levin (Memorial Home, Wellington Nil (Nil) 39. Marist Brothers’ School, Wanganui' 20 (20) 40. Marist Brothers’ Primary School, Hawkestone Street, Wellington 50 (50) 41. Marist Brothers’ Primary •School, Tasman St., Wgton. (50) (50) 42. Masterton Unemployed SelfHelp Club 30 (30) 43. Mayor's Distress, Relief Fund, Wellington 1000 (500) 44. Miramar Silver Band Nil N.A. 45. Missions to Seamen, Wellington 100 (50) 40. Model Engineering Society, Wellington Nil (Nil) 47. Mothers’ Helpers, Wellington 120 (120) 48. Mount Carmel Primary School. Hataltal 15 (15) 49. Navy League, Wellington.. Nil (Nil) 50. New Zealand Academy of Fino Arts, Wellington Nil (Nil) 51. Northland Convent School, Wellington 35 (35) 52. Pahiatua Swimming Club ... Nil — 53. Parochial School, Dower Hutt 340 (140) M. Piunket Society, Bulls Nil — 55. Piunket Society, Carterton .. -10 (40) 5(1. Piunket Society, Coastal Towns, Sub-brancli 10 (10) 57. Piunket Society, Eketahuna 30 (30) 58. Piunket Society, Featherston 10 (10) 50. Piunket Society, Feilding ~ 30 (30) (111. Piunket Society, Foxton .... 40 (40) 61. Piunket Society, Greytown . 20 (20) 62. Piunket Society, Levin 25 (25) 63. Piunket Society, Lower Hutt 60 (60) Cl. Piunket Society, Marton .... 15 (1;>) (15. Piunket Society, Masterton . Nil (Nil) 0(1. Piunket Society, Otaki Nil — C>7. Piunket Society, I’ahiatua .. 15 (20) 68. Piunket Society, Palm. Nth. 40 (40) tip. I’lnnket Society, Petone .... 80 (SO) 70. Piunket Society, Rata Nil N.A. 71. Piunket Society, Shannon.. 20 (20) 72. Piunket Society, Upper Hutt 70 (70) 73. Piunket Society, Waikanae . 10 (10) 74. Pluukct Society, Wanganui 80 (80) 75. Piunket Society, Walmariuo Branch M (35) 70. Piunket Society, Waverley . 15 (la) 77. Piunket Society, Wellington. 300 (300) 78. Porirua Mental Hospital Gift Library Nil (Nil) 79. Rangitikci Schools Central Library Association Nil (Nil) SO. Red Cross Society Headquarters, 'Wellington 100 N.A. The grant to be expended solely for relief of poverty in the Provincial District of Wellington. 81. Red Cross Society, Lower Hutt Branch 25 N.A. Grant to be expended solely in connection witli the work of the District Nurse. 82. Red Cross Society, Wellington Centre (previously British Red Cross Society) Nil (100) S 3. Relief Committee, Lower Hutt 100 ( 75) St. Relief Committee, Petone ... 100 N.A. S 3. Returned Soldiers’ Association, Wellington 120 (90) Grant to be expended solely for poor relief. 86. Returned Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Hostel, Wellington .... SO (SO) Grant to bo expended solely' for poor relief. 87. Sacred Heart Primary School, Thorndon, Wellington 50 (50) SS. Sacred Heart School, Petone 70 (70) 89. St. Anne's Primary- School, Wellington South 40 . (40) 90. St. Anthony's I’rimaty School. Scatoun 35 (35) 91. St. Barnabas Babies' Home, Society (Inc.), Wellington . SO (100) 92. St. Brigid’s, Convent, Mungaweka 15 (15) 93. St. Catherine’s Convent, Kilbirnie 60 (GO) Grant to be expended for school purposes. 94. St. Francis's Convent of .Mercy, .Marton 35 (35) 95. St. John Ambulance Brigade, Masterton Nil — 90. St. John Ambulance Association, Wanganui 15 (15) 97. St. John Ambulance Association. Wellington 25 (25) 98. St. John Ambulance District Nursing Guild, I’almerston North 25 (25) 99. St. John Ambulance Nursing Division. Masterton Nil N.A. 109. St. Joseph’s Convent, Jerusalem 40 (III) 101. St. Joseph's Convent, Ohaknne 15 N.A. Grant to be expended for school purposes. 102. St. Joseph's School, Oliakune .' Nil (10) A grant of £l5 lias been made to St. Joseph’s Convent for school purposes. (See application N, 101). 103. St. Joseph's Convent and School, Tailiapo. 20 (20) Grant to bo expended for School purposes. 104. St. Joseph’s Girls’ Parochial . School, Wellington 35 (35) 105. St. Joseph's Home of Compassion. Silvcrstream (formerly Home for Incurables, Wellington) 100 (340) The portion of this grant formerly given for poor relief has been transferred to the Creche, Buckle Street, Wellington. (See application No. 22.) 106. St. Joseph's Orphanage, Lp-

per Huth (550) 107. St. Madeline Sophie Barat School, Island Bay 35 («u) 108. St. Mark’s Church Primary Day School, Wellington.. o 0 (oO) 109. -St. Mary of the Angels Convent School, Aro Street, ■Wellington ”0 (.>0) 110. St Mary’s Guild, Wellington 320 (320) 111. St. Patrick’s Parish School Committee, Palmerston Nth. Nil (Ml) A grant of £25 has been made to the convent for school purposes. (See application No. 19.) 112. St. Patrick’s Primary School, Kilbirnie ••• Nil (Nil) A grant of £OO has Iteen made to St. Catherine'® Convent for school purposes. (See application No. 93.) 113. St. Thomas’s Boys’ School, Nat Nai ..... 300 (oOO) 114. St. Vincent de Paul Society, Masterton I” - ;’,” “ 5 . Grant to be exlpcnded solely for poor relief. 115. St. Vincent do Paul Society, Palmerston North 45 (4*>) Grant to be expended solely for poor relief. . 11C. St. Vincent de Paul Society, Wanganui •• Grant to be expended solely for poor relief, 117. St. Vincent de Paul Society, - Wellington ■••••• 310 I 31 3) Grant to be expended solely for poor relief. 118. Salvation Army Boys’ Home, Wallaceville 80 119. Salvation Army Children s Home, Mastcrtou 120. Salvation Army Eventide - Home for Aged Ladles .... Nil (Ml) 121. Salvation Army Girls’ Home, Owen Street, Wellington .... 100 (106) 122. Salvation Army Maternity Home, Wellington 123. Salvation Army Men’s Hostel, Vivian Street, Wellington ...... 100 (1-0) 124. Salvation Army Mens Industrial Home, Miramar ... 100 (i’D) 125. Salvation Army Men’s Shelter and Samaritan Home, _ Wellington ••••• 300 126. Salvation Army Paulina Rescue Home, Wellington .... 6j (0M 127. Salvation Army Womens Hostel, Wellington " MA. 128. “Smith Family,” - 129. “Smith Family,” Wellington L>o (100) 130. Society for tho Protection of Women and Children, Wellington ••••• -® 131. Society for the Relief of the Aged Needy, Wellington ... Nd (Nil) 132. South African War Veterans' Association, Hutt Vailev Branch N’ l 133. Stewart Karitane Home, Wanganui Nil (Mi) 134. Truby King Karltane Hospital, Wellington .......... G> ((D) 135. Tuhltarata Public School . Ml ma. 130. Unemployed Self-Help Club, ■ Carterton A’U’V * U 137. Waiwetu Catholic School, Lower Hutt la 138. Wanganui and District Devol op men t League £ li 139. Wanganui Orphanage ...•• Ml — 140. Wellington Boys’ Institute Boys S,A '.. R . ,l " d ".- H - O “ e --’’ 300 ( 280) Includes 'a special grant of £2O to be applied in connection with providing work, clothes, boots, etc., for un-

employed boys. . 141. Wellington City Mission .. b-o (310) 142. Wellington Convalescent Home -d 143. Women’s Borstal Association, 'Wellington l lu ) 144. Women’s Division of the New Zealand Farmers Union (Inc.), Wellington ■■ -o (lo) 145. Women’s National Reserve Residential Nursery, Weilington 110 110 146. Workers’ Educational Asso- _ elation, Levin Nil 147. Workers’ Educational Assoelation, Wanganui N“ (Nil) 148. Workers’ Educational Assoelation, Wellington Nil (MD 149. Young Men’s Christian Association, Masterton 3o (ou) 150. Young Men’s Christian Association, Palmerston N. ... lo (io) 151. Young .Men's Christian Assoelation, Wanganui 16 D”) 152. Young Men’s Christian Aselation, Wellington U> J ) 153. Young Women’s Christian AssodaHon, Palmerston N. 3o (•«) 151. Young Women’s Christian Association, Wellington .... 160 (160) 155. Kt. Brigid’s School, Johnsonville • • (6 ) 150. Society for the Prevention ' of Cruelty to Animals, Feilding /W" 157. Huntcrvi'lle Church of Luglannd Vestry Nil a.a.

Total £11,130

On the motion of his Excellency the Governor-General, the Board of Governors passed a resolution expressing sincere condolence with Mr. YV alter Reid in the loss of his Wife, and also with Mrs. J. W. Macdonald and her family on the death of the late Public Trustee. On the motion of his Excellency, a resolution was passed expressing the thanks of the Board of Governors to the advisory committee for the groat care It had bestowed on the consideration of the applications, and to the Public Trust Office for the careful manner in which the various matters requiring attention in connection with the administration of the estate and the preparation of the information necessary to enable the applications for grants to be considered, had been dealt with. His YVorship the Mayor said that this was tlie last occasion on which bis Excellency would be presiding at an annual meeting of the Board of Governors, and he wished to express on behalf of himself and the other members of the board their very great appreciation of the work that had been done by his Excellency in connection with the trust during (he years he had been chairman of the Board of Governors. The remarks of the Mayor were endorsed by his Grace Archbishop O'Shea, who added an expression of regret at the departure of Lady Blcdisloe. who had by her keen interest in the welfare of the people of New Zealand endeared herself to all sections of the community. YEARLY ALLOCATIONS Distributions by the Trust BIG TOTAL NOW REACHED The following table shows the allocations each year since the trust commenced to operate:— 1(113 i'. 33 ? 1»1« W1» -• i'Jh’ 11)21 O.SuO lU‘.2 9.015 1., 9,35(1 il.r.i r2,oi(> . 13.1 MM ib- U’ 30 , 11 ( 15.0 A) iii :::::: u. 3»" 14,0w m. 3 t> 3 1., - K’,145 l'ii33 n ’ l3l » MODEST BENEFACTOR. Thomas George Macarthy HIS GREAT GENEROSITY Few of those who now benefit by the Thomas George Macarthy Trust have any personal knowledge of its founder, and as the years pass there may lie a tendency to look upon the benefaction merely as an annual share iu a public fund, rather than as the wise provision of a publicspirited citizen. It is fitting, therefore, to make a brief reference to the personal history of the late Mr. Thomas George Macarthy. ~M£. Macarthy was born in London m 1833 and came out to Australia about 1850. He was at first attracted by the gold discoveries in Y’ictoria, but whoii New Zealand came under bis notice in 1863 he went to the Otago goldfields

Later he crossed to the West Coast, winch, had then begun to boom through the gold discoveries there, and eventually ho settled down in Charleston, where he established a brewery. Seeking a wider sphere for his activities, Mr. Macartliy came to Wellington iu IST", and I’uichascd Mace and Arkcll's brewery in Old Customhouse Street, lie conducted tiiis business till 1883, when he bought the Phoenix Brewery iu Tory Street, the name being changed to the City and' Phoenix Brewery, He enlarged the brewery and extended the business, which has been carried on since his death, by the I’ublic Trustee. Mr. Macarthy acquired numerous other properties, and at one time was the owner or lessee of a number of hotels, both iu the city and in the country. ' His business associations were extensive, and. he held many high offices in different companies, as well _ as several prominent public positions. He was a director of the Bank of' New Zealand for some years, and was also chairman of the Wclliugtou and Manawatu Railway Company, president of the Wellington Racing Club, and a director of the Opera House Company. As his business interests grew wider, ho. still exercised in regard to all of them the same unremitting care which accounted for the success of his early enterprises. In lat_er life, although many important matters claimed his attention in the course of a busy day, first place was always given to the brewery business with which he was so long associated, and which he affectionately referred to as bis "hobby.” He took an active interest in the 1890-97 Industrial Exhibition, held on the site of the present Town Hall, and made himself responsible for financing the venture. He was also a well-known member of the Central Club. As he was a quiet, reserved man, who did not court publicity, the general public seldom heard of. Mr. Macarthy’s gifts to charity. Always thoughtful for others, his nature was kind and his tastes and pleasures simple. His benefactions during his lifetime were considerable, and he was ever ready to give unostentatiously in the cause of genuine charity. His gifts were usually anonymous. When the provisions of bis will were made public, it was realised that where many benefactions had from time to time been generous this one had been princely, giving eventually almost the whole of his estate to charity, and in such a manner that the benefit would be spread, over as many deserving cases as possible.