"PUSHING" PICTON.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 64, 16 March 1911, Page 5

"PUSHING" PICTON.

THE PROMOTION SOCIETY

AJNNUAL MEETING

Our Picton correspondent writes that, the annual meeting ot the .fieS* and bounds '"^^^ tnok place last evening, l&e -rresi £nt 5r Hedman) was in the chair short review of the. year* work w fl t eiven by the chairman. Me ''ttink-hole" nuisance be abated. T w pa£ .of the foreshore had been UttM rtndu^he TGov^Bie 7nt Scenery Masses Last "thousand booklets had been Sued advertising the advantages of PictS and the Sounds as a holiday remth regard ix> these books, the +hanks of &c Society were due to.th© $£ Traders' Association, for tW substantial help, a donation of •£2 2s having been given and the purchase Sf a large number of books assured by their members^ In the wayof illustrations the Society is indebted to Dr Redman, who supplied^ several of the photos, and also Mr Broadhurst, who allowed the free use of some ot his photographs of the Sounds. ..Mr W Macey, of Blenheim, and Mr MeMahon, Picton^ also kindly assisted in this respect. These Jbooks liave been well reoeiveH and appreciated by the public,' and requests have, come from all parts of the Dominion for copies. About 400 have been sold, and over 500 have been sent out free to different towns throughout New ZeaThe financial position of the Society is as follows: Total receipts £61 6s sd, made up of members' subscriptions £30 16s lid, receipts from booklets to date £39 9s 6d. The expenses total- £61 12s sd, the largest item feeing.£43 7s sd, the gross cost of the booklets. This leaves a debit balance in cash of 6s. The assets are: Amount owing for advertisement in book £2 Us 6d; value of booklets in. hand about 355. The Chairman thanked the members of the Committee and officers for the interest they had taken in the Society. They were also indebted to the press for assisting in the business generally. The Society had justified its existence, and had been run in the best interests of the inhabitants of Picton and district, and every person desirous of seeing the town go ahead should support it. They were also very much indebted to Mr B. Crompton Smith, and it was resolved that he be made a life member. . j.-i The balance-sheet was adopted, after which the election of officers for the ensuing year took place, and resulted as follows:—Patrons, Messrs John Duncan, M.P., A P. Seymour, H.-C. Seymour; President, Dr Redman; Vice-Presidents Mr J. ConoUy, Miss Chaytor, Mr and Mrs Riddell, Mr and Mrs Lucena, Mrs Macalister, Mrs Redman, Mrs McMahon, Jlon. C H. Mills, Miss Dart, Miss Seymour, Messrs G. Maitland, J. A. R. Greensill, W. Watson, H. Robinson W^W. Chambers, R. Ewing sen., J. H. Kedwood, R. McCallum, Harvy Turner, E. C. Perano, J. Perano, W. Perano, Rev. J. Dickson, and1 Rev. .1. J. Smith;' general committee, officers ex officio, and Messrs Harwood, Stocker, Rutherford, Madsen, . Bun-ough, G. W. Nicol, Miss Scitt, Miss Philpotts, Dr Patterson, Messrs Stuart, Raven, J. Todd, Barnsdale, Miles, S. Fell, and Capt. Burgess; secretary, Mr G. C. Edwards; treasurer, Mrs Macalister.1 •' . . . The annual subscription tor members was fixed at not less than Is. The secretary was authorised to procure membership cards. The question of the recent fires that had taken place among the bush on the hill-sides off the Waikawa Road, was discussed; It was considered a most wrong thing that people should causo these fires. The hills are scorched and scarred, and in fact made hideous; and practically all to no purpose, as grass seed will never be sown on the burnt areas. It was decided, to draw the attentiin of the Commissioner of Crown Lands to this matter, as it was considered that the fires had spread on to Croyn lands, thereby making the originators liable.

The Society would be p;lad at any time- to receive any bulbs to plant on the Domam.

A vote of thanks to the chair concluded the ■ meeting.