A.M.P. SOCIETY.

Otago Witness, Volume 02, Issue 2420, 2 August 1900, Page 13

A.M.P. SOCIETY.

SYDNEY, July 27

At the resumed A.M. P. meeting to cr-w sfder the question of amending the bj'-low to permit of the extension of business, Sir Joseph Abbott presided, and announced ihs result of the ballot on the proposal postponed from the last meeting as follows : — Foi- adjournment to October 10, 15,526 ; against, 119,047. Mr Want came fcrwaid with a compromise. He proposed that instead of calling his protest meeting the present vote be allowed to go on, with tha understanding -that the directors would not take a confirmation vote until they sent out ballot papers, which obtained a :i^ar "Yes or no" vote. Sir J. Abbott pointed out that they had an overwhelming majority, and must carry the amendment. The directors could afford to be nm?nani-

ipous, and ir_ order to avoid friction weie willing to meet Mr Want. The conditional requisition calling the meeting for August 24 would be withdrawn. He agreed to a conference between the directors and Mr Want before the resuli. of Ihe ballot was made known. He then put the question of the amendment of the by-law, 80 voting for and 90 against. Sir J. Abbott demanded a ballot, which will be taken on Monday next. The proxy votes will be counted on Wednesday, and the declaration made on the Thursday following. All proxy votes are to be handsd in before noon on Monday.

The following additional donations have been received by the Y.W.C.A. m response to the appeal sent out to assist the debt reduction fund: — Mrs , John White, Auclersou's Bny, £2 ; Miss Farquhar, £1 : Mr Sligo, 10s; Mrs G. Moodie, ss; Miss A. Muirhead, 4s ; Mrs Sinclair Thomson. 10s ; Mr Gib&oa. Ashley Downs, £1 : Mrs ' Martin, Fairfield, 10s ; Mr Mitchell (Fergusson and Mitchell*, £1 Is; Wilkinson and Son, chemists, £1; Mrs R. T. Wheeler, jun., £2 2s;, Mrs D., ss.

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TEe barque Magnat, which went ashore between Capes Patterson, and Liptrap (Victoria) early in May last, remains in the same position. The steam tug Rescue has been for some time at the scene endeavouring to get the vessel off.

A handsome brass memorial tablet has been placed in the council chambers of the Vincent bounty Council, as a mark of respect to the ■memory of the late Mr Robei* Sheppard, who was elected as councillor in 1884, and safe tt the board as chairman from September, L 894, to May, 1899*

It is understood that the directors of the Union S.S. Company exonerate Captain Brophy from all blame for the loss of the Taupo. — Grey River Argus.

Mr A. Waugh, for many years on the staff of the Taieri Advocate was presented with a handsome silver-mounted pipe and case on severing his connection with the office.

As a result of the vote on the question of the use of individual communion cups by the Mornington Presbyterian Church, only 26 voted against the proposal out of a membership of 340.