CHARITY BALL.

Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 17, 18 September 1930, Page 7

CHARITY BALL.

iV T7NIQTTE BALANCE SHEET.

The final meeting of the Charity Ball Committee was held last Thursday eveningl, ilr. A. £T. Wallace presid-, ing-

In niovimg the adoption of the re^ port and balance sheet the chairman remarked that possibly the most pleas-' ing feature of the ball was tie fact that the amount on the expenditure side of the accounts was exactly nil, in spite of the fact that over 400 persons rendered assistance and over 1000 people attended the Ball. ,It proved that if the people are appealed to in. the right way and the object is a Tight one, you will always get support from the people of . Lower Hutt, said Mr. Wallace. He knew of one lady who had solicited the help, of 40 others in. making cakes and each one was doing her share in advertising the Ball. He paid great praise to the wonderful work of the ladies' committee; without their efforts the Ball would not have been possible. In acknowledging the gifts of the many donors Mr. Wallace made special reference to the proprietors of King George Theatre who had ibeen generous beyond all expectations. Tihe whole staff, also the directors and manager, had done everything humanly possible to facilitate the work of the committee. He 'hoped that tihe people of the Hutt woTdd not forget this great kindness and that they would remember it by patronising both of the local theatres as freely as possible. He thanked the committee for their splendid support; they ihad been ungrudging in their assistance and he was very •proud to have been associated with them.

The honorary secretary, Mr. A. J. Nicholls, then handed to his "Worship th© MayoT the stun of £234/17/- (there were a few more donations to come), to be used for the relief of distress in the district.

A letter was received from tihe St. Thomas's Boys' Home,. Nai Nai, thanking the Mayor for a donation of cakes ©ent to the Home after the Bali.

The balance sheet showed that £88 18/- was taken at the door; $5/5/- was Teceived in donations; £5 for the sale of <caps; £4/10/- sale of drinks; £4 for 9ale of cakes; £3/6/6 was cash in hand, and £122/17/6 was received from the

sale of tickets, making a total of £234 17/-.

Tn acknowledging the sum handed to him for Ms distress fuaad, the Mayor jokingly took exception to ftftie statement that nothing was recorded on the d-eibit side of the balance sheet. He thought that the amount of time and expense expended by al Ithose who assisted shouM be shown. He was very sincere when he said that he was proud of tlte way both t»he ladies' and gentlemen's committees had worked. It makes one feel that wteii. the object is a good one the people aTe behind it, said >Sir Alex. Please .accept my sincere thanks; I appreiciate it very highly. Your efforts will bring a little cheer and comfort into many needy homes. The Mayor said that he had a pleasant duty to perform and eam,plete.ly took Mi% Wallace by STVrprise, when h'ei asked ihim to a-ccept, on behalf of the men's .cpanirnittee a framed flasitiighit photograph takeu on the night of the ball, as a meaneriito of perhaps the most successful ifuoaeition eyer heW in the Hutt.

Mr. WaMiUee thanked the eommiittee for the gift but regretted that any one man should be singled out for recognition. He had never been associated with, a better lot of men and women (allthougih: the latter wouldn 't ih'ave much to do with him). He would always smile when he looked on the pic.tiu'Q and saw the band, rqtuinda in the centre of the hall: If it was decided to hold a similar function next year, both he and. Mrs./ "VV'al'lace were pi-epar-ed to assist in any; ; way tihat was required. It -was amj)le rciward for him. to look on the thousand happy and smiling1 faces at t&e BalLi Continuing, Mr. "Wallace said that it was the seere-

tary who did most of the work of such functions and he wished to place on record the valuable work done by thesecretary, Mr. A. J. ISTichoOils, who had demoted a tremendous amount of energy to makinig the Ball a success.

Mr. Nicholls said he was only too pleased to assist. It had been a pleasure to him to .go round and receive the magnificent spontaneous response front all the ibusiri'ess people x>f tth.e town. .

It1 was d«jcided that a Charity Ball be held nest year and that Sir Alex. Roberts be the convener and that the nte^tiiijg ~be held in April or eaTly in $®y'':',.'\':-'\ '■:'. .""■■•■ ■•:'.'' ■"' '■ ■ ■ . '/

'■'Tli«i:St&ydi^said'''iiiat'"tie <tono*» had been so ntimeroTas fchsait it was impossible to t!&aiai£. them individually and he moved that "The Committee desires to express it? USianTts to all those (other than, members of the committee), who assisted in any way in making the baM such a huge sueoess.' r Carried by

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