MANAIA

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 10 May 1921, Page 5

MANAIA

(From Qur Own Cori'espondexit:) .• • ■

*.'";' PLAINS PATRIOTIC SOCIETY: ; c :'. -The anuual meeting, of the Waimate-.. Plains Patriotic Society,:,was.-held";last';' Friday \ night. There was a,large ; at- '9 tendance present;, including Messrs ,T," McPhillips ) (chair),, T. ;.A.: Bridge, JJJV".;Snowden, . J:; .F. Stevenson,. .H.- Mead, ",]'■ A'.-'G: Bennett, J. A..: Hansen; F. ■'-, MouHej H.oSutton, Rev. Smith, P. F,. HammondvJ^S...McKay., J, G. Craig^," W.' .'Budge; ■'-Anderson; Howell, Mead*; , i L. l.Wafters.'i Alian,; iS. Blair. .-,- ; ;; , o i:i Tile reporti and balancersheet msX&::i i;ead and adopted, onii.the motion.; of ■••" Messrs I Bennett: and ■- Bridge.;' ; . ; ; ]~; f • , : , The chairman presented ..the. annual; ; ; f-eport of • the executive conimitfee cfo* ><; the work done, during"; the year; whdt vh•>-it was as-follows: "Your executive .have ;:L pleasure in • presenting: a Ireport^l ifehe.Mi' work done during, the iyean just eiided.a<i The work of assisting, permanenily: :dis4 :'■'. abled men hass gone steadily on,,,and o now appears to be^ nearing completion:; as far as the funds: available. wiil ,per-i/;"-> mit, the Taranaki War Relief Associai- *>i tion haA'ing disbursed;-the greater; pa-rV;> of the money subscribed-*owaTds-^e Wounded Soldiers' Fund. In connecnon with this matter §^c wotildUikMto lere point out that this district'iias * >een very liberally treated by-the -War ielief Association as far.as sumscon-,,,. tnbuted by the various' districts ; situ- . ated within the area covered' by: th^".; ; War Relief Association's activities are;:'.'' concerned. The following figui;e^ Will :J explain the matter further.' The siim H 3:, donated by the Waimate Plains distribt s; "'l towards the War Relief Assbbiatiori^; '^ und was £3372. Against'this1 ain'ouifr;^ there has been paid out in this; dis- ~ l per medium of the Waimate .Putins" .^J': patriotic Society sums aggregating. £3350. In addition to thfs amount a '^' further sum of £452 has been granfed' J ' a«d will be paid to permanently dis-- ■ abled men as soon as funds are avaiLf 1 1. able. In connection with the memorial' »' to be erected in the Octagon, Manam,' :; L ! certain unforeseen and unavoidable^cir-; ' vcumstances have occurred to delay the "' =? | carrying out of this work. The cbn-.'!! f J tractors to whom was entrusted the- » supplymg of ihe monument have met '•' , with considerable difficulty in the mat- . i \ ■''■ j ter, but we are informed 'by them that ' r~i the -monument is now on the sea be- ',t tween here and Scotland, and may be \ expected to arrive in New Zealand at an early date. In the meantime "preliminary arrangements are being made i £ or., it*B erection on arrival, also the I building of the proposed band rotunda You will be asked at this meeting to .discuss ways and means of obtaining i the balance of the money required to • complete the work and" provide a lasting memorial to the men who enlisted from this district, and particularly those who aid down their lives in the great Will" " ■ °

Mr McPhillips also stated, re the ™2J"™ e?yt*at tio society had about ±w(X) m hand at present and over £200 EKomi.?ed The monument will cost ;tS(X) and the band rotunda about ±wUU, so there will be a shortage of •> cash of about £300. He would like,. betore the meeting closed, for the , committee to discuss ways-and means ot getting that sum. It was not "a V large sum, and the difficulty would be got over. The chairman paid a very high tribute to Mr J. F. Stevenson, who had done splendid work on the Taranaki Provincial War Relief Association as their delegate. He had spared no time or inconvenience to be always at the meetings when held, and had done his utmost for the returned soldiers as a member of that body. .It was resolved, on 'the motion of Messrs A. G. Bennett and McPhillips, that a hearty vote of thanks be accorded to Mr Stevenson. In reply, Mr Stevenson gave a *ood report of the Taranaki War Relief Association s work, • whickr-ijcas very extensive, and was appreciate by all pres- ? xiT^ c ™anked tfle previous speakers tor their kind remarks and all present tor their hearty vote of thanks. Ihe chairman stated that the Patriotic Society had met the members ot the Manaia Town Board in reference to where the monument would be placed in the Octagon. The Board had met since, and he had received the following reply: That the monument ' be placed north and south instead of east and west. The Patriotic Committee were unanimous that the monu- - ment should be east and west. Several of the members spoke against the monument being placed as stated oy the Board, which they considered ■was dangerous to traffic. It was moved by Mr Bennett that this meeting respectfully ask the Board to reconsider their decision and fall in line with the wishes of the Patriotic bociety, and also ask the members of the Manaia Town Board to meet the committee of the Patriotic Society on Monday night to come to a satisfactory agreement re the site. Seconded by Mr T. A. Bridge and carried: Election o? committee for the ensuing year: It was resolved that the some committee in power be re-elected - with the addition of Messrs H. Sutton, F. Mourie, the president and secretary of . the Returned Soldiers' Association (Manaia),. and Messrs C Burke and Le Fleming (Qtakeho), Mr ?• £ Uo n and a"o^l' (Auroa), Messrs ir t s*evenson and Leslie (Kapuni). Mr J. F. Stevenson was re-elected delegate on the Taranaki Provincial War Relief Association, Mr H Mead ' was elected secretary, Mr Jas. Taylor treasurer, and Mr C. Barleyman audi-

The chairman thanked all the committee for their valuable assistance to the society during their term of office; also the secretary, treasurer, and auditor for the good work they have done.

. A committee meeting was held afterwards, when Mr T. MoPhillips v,-as reelected chairman. Mr McPhillips asked to be relieved of the position- for the year, but the committee prevailed on him to accept the position, saying that Mr McPhillins had done excellent work for the good of the society. He had not spared himself to help along the institution since its inception, and hrd worked hard. Mr J. G. Craig w.:s elected vice-chairman.

The matter of a scheme to get the balance of the money for the monument was left in the hands of the eomm'ttee to meet next Friday night, May 13, and the ladies of the Red Cross Committee are to be asked to attend.

A hearty vote of thanks to the chair terminated the meeting. FARMERS' I'NIOX. The fifth annual meeting of the Manaia branch was held on Saturday night m the Council Chambers There was a good attendance, over which Mr Pj. \y. Betts presided. The secretary's report stated tha* during the past year twelve meetings had been held, which were well attend--ed by members. Several members had contributed papers on subjects of interest to farmers, and many useful matters had been discussed/ During the past winter Mr Ford gave a very interesting lecture on the breeding ™ g and oare of dnijT cattle Ihe balance-sheet, showed a credit SkTng.° f £5 17S 6d °n tlle t n v h° cI^ tf™ of officers resulted as foHows: President, Mr Jas. Dakers; vice-president, Mr W. J. Sandford

and treasurer, Mr R. G. ; auditor, Mr H. Sandford; ■tive committee, Messrs .E. J. KW. Muggeridge, H. Sandford, L. ■(art,'and J. T. Claque; delegates Provincial Conference, Messrs ■ikers and E. G. Betts. vote of thanks was accordthe retiring president and . aecreH who did not seek re-election. votes were accorded to the ■ and to Mr E. Betts, the repreon the Provincial Executive. decided to ask Messrs Deem to judge root crops on May 13. The judges will probmake a start at Mr Dakers' farm Glenn road, finishing at the Farm, which has four in the competition. Messrs E. and "W. Sandford were appointstewards. Members of other and all interested are invited present. Particulars will appear Star. meeting decided that a paper be read at each meeting, and a syllabus for the year be drawn arrangements of which are to in the hands of the president, and secretary. Mr E. is to contribute a paper on curing at next meeting.