EARLY SETTLERS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 50, 1 March 1937, Page 6

EARLY SETTLERS

WORK;'OF:THE YEAR

MORE YOUNG MEMBERS

The twenty-second annual • meeting of the Early Settlers' and Historical Association of Wellington was held on Saturday afternoon in the Oddfellows' Hall,. Clyde Quay. ...Professor .F. P. Wilson, presided.:,oyer- a iScore:of mem--bers.-i •■•.' ■■■' ,■ ■':••'<■■■'■:;> ■ v: ■ .-. .Though..-naturally-:,-:, the', years take toll1 of our ageing members our roll this year, shows a pleasing increase of members of the younger generation," stated^ the report. "We share with their sorrowing relatives the loss of Messrs. J. Daysh, G. Pain, A. Burns, W.'H.-Bennett G. H. Bannister, F. U. McLean. W. H. Fitchett, and T. Hidler,. Sir Francis. Bell, Sir Frederick Chapman, Sergeant-Major Bezar, and Mesdames Bold and Kerslake. A very large gathering .--.; on,. Dominion Day greeted -their' Excellencies the Gover-:npr-Gen'eraX- and':. Lady:Galway, who were our guests and appeared delighted to meet the members. Our representatives on the Wellington Beautifying Society, our president and vicepresident (Mrs. Carter), are to be thanked and asked to continue their services.l : .

Thanks were expressed to 'Messrs. Scoullar, Ltd., for the use of furniture. Mrs. Cole for bouquets, Mr. Little for auditing, and the ladies' committee for providing afternoon tea. The election of'officers resulted as follows:—President, Professor F. P. Wilson: vice-presidents. Messrs. Mark Maxton, J.P., and W. B. Allen (country), MesdamesC. E. Carter, W. S. .W. McGowan, Messrs. Byron Brown, J. C, Webb, C. Tandy, and W. Toomath' (town); committee, Mesdames Elliott, Lumsden, Hellyer, Bentley, Miss Randell, and Messrs. Coulter, Cheesman, and McGowan; hon. auditor, Mr. A. T. Little; ■ treasurer' (re-elected), Mr. D. McKay; hpn. secretary, Mr. W. Toomath. ■■■. ■■' -■'■■■■ ■-'' ' -'• .