SHIPWRECK RELIEF SOCIETY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2784, 24 July 1907, Page 12

SHIPWRECK RELIEF SOCIETY.

The monthly meeting of the Shipwreck Relief Society was held on- the 9th inst. : present — Mr C. W. Chamberlain (in the c&air), the Mayor (Mr J. Loudon), Messrs X}. B. Bullock, P. O. Bridgeman; W. A. Moore, and T. W. Whitson.

I The statement of accounts showed the ■ total receipts to be £67 12s lOd, consisting of balance in bank to June 11, £,45 19s [ lOd; donation from the Dunedin City Coun- , cil, £H> 10s ; Wellington Harbour Board, j £5 ss; Oamaru Harbour Board, £5 ss; ' and Timartt Harbour Board. £3 3s. The r sum of £1879 was shown on fixed deposit-.

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The Secretary of the Wellington Harbour Board wrote stating that the Board had voted £5 5s to the society's funds, an<£ enclosed * cheque for tbe amount. — The Secretary of fie Timaru Harboar Board wrote enclosing a cheque for £3 3s. — Th* Acting Secretary of the Oamara Harbour Board wrote: enclosing £5> s*. In apologis- : ing- for ollowutg the society's letter to remain to loagrwmmwetmd, to* writer statej that some of the members of the* board had* questioned the legality- of sash a douttionv as the board's finances were at present* m the lurads of a receiver. — The. SetifeUny, of the Waitara Harbour Board wrote w» gretfein? that the board could not see- it* way to reader financial assistance. The board' had eve«y sympathy with: the objects' of the society, and suggested that as &e> event of a Harbour* Bui being brought before the House the society Aoaid getf the Government to insert a cawa. enaWirtff Harbour Boards to> contribute towards, such- '« laudable object. : The letter* enclosing donations were ' received with - thanks, and tha secretary was instructed) to- write to tne Okmara and Waitara Harbour Boards explaining that there was no illegality in rendering financial assistance to- the society. The refusal of the Auckland Harbour Board to donate anything to tbe *meby gave rise to a- diaeossio*, in. the course of which the Chairman pointed out that Auckland received more relief from the seoiety than any other port is New. Zealand. The Chairman read the following esfaaet from the Auckland Star of Jane 18, ISO 7r — "The promptitude with which the New Zealand ahipwreck Relief Society, whoa* headquarters are a£ Dunedin, attend, to instances of distres* brought voder its notice has again been illustrated ia'the <sue> of the Kia Ora's crew. On- Saturday the* local' Superintendent of Marine (Capias* Fleming) wired down that tbe men I«ndw<i that morning at Onebung* were fai need of assistance. Testerder morning *» "«r ceived a reply authorising aim to do w h*fc* ever he considered necessary in the w»y oi wslfof. The benefit to shipwrecked manner* of this admirable institution htm smceito inceptioin been emphasised on m*ny^ Oooa^ •ions, and nowhere more so than in tnf north. It is, ra fact, one of those societies^ to whose funds everyone in a sea-girt com* munity such as is ours should oontnputel their mite, and, knowing the readiness- with which Aucklanders always respond^ to ree* causes of public charity, tbe occasion is tfcfittlng one to bring to their notioe, tack claims of the Shipwreck. Relief Society of New Zealand." „ , ,- - .. . It was resolved to write to the Auoklaa* Star thanking IS ion torn paragrapfc, «n4V .asking it to open a saEeoraptiaa list fa iut oolunms.

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