EARLY SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17630, 21 May 1919, Page 3

EARLY SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL MEEfEENG.

The annual meeting of the Otago EarTy bettlers Association was held last mcht The report set out that it was the twentytot annual meeting of the association, and £? SftSL'SS 1 ot "" pro ™°'- if"?? th °, war and everything J: 5 " lost about 50 mcmbere from death and otherwise, and they had 240 new members for th© year. Thev verv mimli f«d the death of Mr Donald iSd, who had left them £1000, which was a very hand--Ihe committee had a "scheme in hand, wEich might be carried out next year to enlarge the museum by an additional building m memory of their late president the suggestion being that it be named the "Donald Reid Wing." They in tended to make an appeal to members and to the publio to help them through in this matter, and they had every confidence that they would have no trouble in raising the money required. Their rules did not permit of having any encumbrance in the way of debt, so they must have tho;>money. 1« "Iton seconded the motion, which was carried.

: C- Proudfoot mentioned that the credit of discovermg the site on which the association s buildings stood was due to the lato Mr Donald Reid. It was duo to his persistence that they had secured the site Mr Proudfoot read the bakneo sheet, which showed that there was a balance of assets amounting: to £5139 over liabilities. n-i le P 3 :, nc .° s " ce t was approved -of. -Llio following, office-bearers were elected • President, Mr John Duthie (who said his only difficulty would be to worthily fill the position filled by the late Mr Reid)- vice presidents—Messrs George Gilder, W H D ?l tS>7) W ' 9 ra^ ey ' L - Dcnniston. anc'l D. Ke,d; committee—Messrs J. J. Clark, E a J - Hope. J. Loudon, G S M MDiarmid, W. Nicolson, W. D. Stewart A "n? /I ''' l P nnon ' J'' imes Brown, F. w' Knight, Mestlames Hayward and Barnes" hon. treasurer, Mr G C. Proudfoot; audiDut'hie^ eSSrS Mercer and E,. A.

Votes of thanks to the press, the ladies, and others who had helped the association tho past year, and the secretary, Mr W. Taterson, concluded tho meeting.