OTAGO EARLY SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION
A committee mesting of the above, held last evening, was attended by Mr .Donald Reid (in the chair), Messrs l)uke, Duthie, Calder, Martin, Baskett, Somerville, Proudfoot (treasurer), and Langlands (secretary). Votes of thanks were passed to Mr Jas. Gerrie for the presentation of a Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine, and to Mr William 11. H. Carey for a book said to have been presented by Mr J. G. S. Grant to Mr John Jones in 1855. The treasurer was authorised to draw up the balance-sheet and the secretary the annual report for consideration at next meeting. Eighteen new members were enrolled. The following deaths were recorded:— James Campbell (75). Dunedin, Victory, 1861: John Somerville (76), Waitepeka, Blundell, 1848; Arthur Smith (70), South Dunedin, Omeo, 1861; Mrs John M'Lennan (Mary Cameron, 70), Maori Hill, Aldinga, 1805 ; Mrs James Lothian (79), Dunedin, A jas, 1849; C. E. M. Haughton (77), Dunedin, 1863. Mr Donald Reid, though still of opinion that the office of president should be a rolling one, consented, under strong pressure, to accept the position for another year.
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Evening Star, Issue 12174, 19 April 1904, Page 2
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